Kind of hard to find these now day. Donna may have some left for the RT frames but the DT frame struts are all gone. The Bull Dog struts will fit the DT chopper, you just need to long gate a couple holes.
Anyway my RT struts came in today, and figured a " how to" was in order. Remember on the 03's and 04's the wires run on the inside of the fender, not on the inside of the strut.
Of course, even though they are new, they have been rolling around in the package for 15 years, and were a little scuffed up. A little Mother's Billet cleaned then right up.
To make this as easy as I could, I just removed the rear strut bolt and loosened the front one. Then tilted the fender up and put a block under it.
Remove the tail light, get a sharpie and mark were the wires go and remove the wires from the socket.
To pull the wires through the hole, they need to go one at a time.
Remove the three bolts inside of the fender. Note, I'm missing one.
Clean fender. Living on a dirt road sucks.
Some of the bikes had a hollow bolt the the wires ran through, and some had a second hole for the wires. Mine has two holes, but the new struts is set up for the hollow bolt.
Sorry that is so hard to se, but if you flip the new strut over, you can see that it is spot drilled for that second hole.
Drill that hole 13/64. Also drill the threads out of the first hole 5/16.
The new strut is thicker, so you will need a longer bolt.
Anyway my RT struts came in today, and figured a " how to" was in order. Remember on the 03's and 04's the wires run on the inside of the fender, not on the inside of the strut.
Of course, even though they are new, they have been rolling around in the package for 15 years, and were a little scuffed up. A little Mother's Billet cleaned then right up.
To make this as easy as I could, I just removed the rear strut bolt and loosened the front one. Then tilted the fender up and put a block under it.
Remove the tail light, get a sharpie and mark were the wires go and remove the wires from the socket.
To pull the wires through the hole, they need to go one at a time.
Remove the three bolts inside of the fender. Note, I'm missing one.
Clean fender. Living on a dirt road sucks.
Some of the bikes had a hollow bolt the the wires ran through, and some had a second hole for the wires. Mine has two holes, but the new struts is set up for the hollow bolt.
Sorry that is so hard to se, but if you flip the new strut over, you can see that it is spot drilled for that second hole.
Drill that hole 13/64. Also drill the threads out of the first hole 5/16.
The new strut is thicker, so you will need a longer bolt.