Shock bolt broke off in swing arm!! 2004 Chopper

[jor43387]

Left rear shock bolt sheered off.
Seem to vibrate lose every 150 to 200 miles. Is this common?
Anyway, how do I go about getting this out? At a Loss on this. Do I need to drop the rear tire?


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[Mr. Wright]

I sent you a PM

 

[rebroker7]

Left rear shock bolt sheered off.
Seem to vibrate lose every 150 to 200 miles. Is this common?
Anyway, how do I go about getting this out? At a Loss on this. Do I need to drop the rear tire?


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Had the same on my American Ironhorse Texas Chopper. Take a look:

 

[Jersey Big Mike]

Left rear shock bolt sheered off.
Seem to vibrate lose every 150 to 200 miles. Is this common?
Anyway, how do I go about getting this out? At a Loss on this. Do I need to drop the rear tire?


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Can't help with the removal, but are you torquing that bolt to 100 ft/lbs and using red loctite when installing the shocks?
I've got over 170K on softail style bikes and never had one loosen up. And I've got over 10K since I replaced mine recently on my K( and alls well.

 

[jor43387]

Had a shock go bad. Didn’t realize until I started tearing bike down. Cost me a broke swing arm and a new pair of progressive shocks. Got her back and really pleased with the suspension. Love these bikes and what they teach me. ( weather I want to know or not)

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[HMAN]

Glad to hear you in the wind again.