Deamonkiller

Rat rod
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Texas
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R3 2022
FYI
When I was cleaning and doing maintenance on the bike, I found this wire that needed to be rerouted because it was a little too tight. It was an easy fix, but I had to disconnect the safety switch for the kickstand. When taking the two screws out, which was a little harder than normal I thought. I found a both screw holes had corrosion in it, or at least what I thought was corrosion, it could've been an excessive amount of Loctite but instead of it being blue like I see throughout the bike, it was red in color. I don't believe for this little bitty screw they would've used red Loctite. My suggestion is to look into it and get it cleaned up before it becomes a problem later. I've ordered the two screws because one of them is a little bit stripped from me and unscrewing it. I didn't have the tap to clean the hole so I used the old screw and screwed it in and out to get it cleaned and installed the two new screws.
 

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FYI
When I was cleaning and doing maintenance on the bike, I found this wire that needed to be rerouted because it was a little too tight. It was an easy fix, but I had to disconnect the safety switch for the kickstand. When taking the two screws out, which was a little harder than normal I thought. I found a both screw holes had corrosion in it, or at least what I thought was corrosion, it could've been an excessive amount of Loctite but instead of it being blue like I see throughout the bike, it was red in color. I don't believe for this little bitty screw they would've used red Loctite. My suggestion is to look into it and get it cleaned up before it becomes a problem later. I've ordered the two screws because one of them is a little bit stripped from me and unscrewing it. I didn't have the tap to clean the hole so I used the old screw and screwed it in and out to get it cleaned and installed the two new screws.
thanks so much for sharing it along with photo. helps a lot
 
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