Learn from my mistake

[MarkLawson]

I think many of us, myself included, have had similar experiences with Küryakyn products. It is frustrating to spend the kind of money they charge & then have it fall apart. In no way am I defending their lack of care in the secure assembling of the various components of their products, but they do provide the following note on the front page of the installation instructions:

PLEASE NOTE
It is the installers’ responsibility to make sure all fasteners (including pre-assembled) are
tightened before operation of motorcycle. Küryakyn will not warranty components that are
lost due to improper installation. Periodic maintenance may be required.

This should be a warning to all of us. Küryakyn has no confidence in their own assembly processes & we need to do what they have failed to do.​

I'm guessing it is also sufficient justification for them to refuse your warranty claim.​

As for me, anytime I buy their products, I disassemble them & reassemble using some sort of thread locker before installation.​

 

[Lamonster]

I think many of us, myself included, have had similar experiences with Küryakyn products. It is frustrating to spend the kind of money they charge & then have it fall apart. In no way am I defending their lack of care in the secure assembling of the various components of their products, but they do provide the following note on the front page of the installation instructions:

PLEASE NOTE
It is the installers’ responsibility to make sure all fasteners (including pre-assembled) are
tightened before operation of motorcycle. Küryakyn will not warranty components that are
lost due to improper installation. Periodic maintenance may be required.

This should be a warning to all of us. Küryakyn has no confidence in their own assembly processes & we need to do what they have failed to do.​

I'm guessing it is also sufficient justification for them to refuse your warranty claim.​

As for me, anytime I buy their products, I disassemble them & reassemble using some sort of thread locker before installation.​

I've been using Kury pegs for years and they will all loosen up on you at some point. It's the nature of the beast and those of us that know this just deal with it but I can see where others might think Kury should stand behind them and they do, way behind them.

Bottomline is there are very few options out there for custom pegs and pretty much all of them will do the same thing unless they are one piece.

 

[bone crusher]

I think many of us, myself included, have had similar experiences with Küryakyn products. It is frustrating to spend the kind of money they charge & then have it fall apart. In no way am I defending their lack of care in the secure assembling of the various components of their products, but they do provide the following note on the front page of the installation instructions:

PLEASE NOTE
It is the installers’ responsibility to make sure all fasteners (including pre-assembled) are
tightened before operation of motorcycle. Küryakyn will not warranty components that are
lost due to improper installation. Periodic maintenance may be required.

This should be a warning to all of us. Küryakyn has no confidence in their own assembly processes & we need to do what they have failed to do.​

I'm guessing it is also sufficient justification for them to refuse your warranty claim.​

As for me, anytime I buy their products, I disassemble them & reassemble using some sort of thread locker before installation.​

With the pegs, I just sealed them down...however, what about the kewlmetal bracket/arm? There is NO way I can see to get that to not move if you put enough pressure on it...welding is likely the only way to go...you would need two bolts on two separate pieces to block the rolling around of the arm (triangular formation)...the way it is designed now ain't too good, IMHO...

Any ideas?

 

[MarkLawson]

With the pegs, I just sealed them down...however, what about the kewlmetal bracket/arm? There is NO way I can see to get that to not move if you put enough pressure on it...welding is likely the only way to go...you would need two bolts on two separate pieces to block the rolling around of the arm (triangular formation)...the way it is designed now ain't too good, IMHO...

Any ideas?

I installed those on my wife's GS & will have to go back and look at them. She's not mentioned anything about problems with them moving, but may have had them move and not told me.

I'll take a look and get back with you.

 

[Neez]

With the pegs, I just sealed them down...however, what about the kewlmetal bracket/arm? There is NO way I can see to get that to not move if you put enough pressure on it...welding is likely the only way to go...you would need two bolts on two separate pieces to block the rolling around of the arm (triangular formation)...the way it is designed now ain't too good, IMHO...

Any ideas?[/QUOTE]Bones, I have had the problem you describe on my left peg arm. For now I simply retightened it, but if it happens again I intend to use a longer 19 mm bolt, this time with a hex head, and use a hex nut on the inside of the bracket where the longer threads protrude. That way, I should be able to exert considerable clamping force with the hex head and the lock nut should prevent loosening. If that fails, I will grind a spacer to the right dimension and fasten it between the bracket and the arm so that the arm rests on the spacer and the spacer rests on the bracket.

 

[bone crusher]

With the pegs, I just sealed them down...however, what about the kewlmetal bracket/arm? There is NO way I can see to get that to not move if you put enough pressure on it...welding is likely the only way to go...you would need two bolts on two separate pieces to block the rolling around of the arm (triangular formation)...the way it is designed now ain't too good, IMHO...

Any ideas?[/QUOTE]Bones, I have had the problem you describe on my left peg arm. For now I simply retightened it, but if it happens again I intend to use a longer 19 mm bolt, this time with a hex head, and use a hex nut on the inside of the bracket where the longer threads protrude. That way, I should be able to exert considerable clamping force with the hex head and the lock nut should prevent loosening. If that fails, I will grind a spacer to the right dimension and fasten it between the bracket and the arm so that the arm rests on the spacer and the spacer rests on the bracket.

thanks for your input...should all this be necessary? He has a picture with him standing on the peg but this has to be quite deceiving...obviously, he has pegged the arm down to the bracket to do this...by doing this, you lose the ability to be able to fold up the peg and move the peg more forward...

Your wife might not have a problem if she is slight of frame...I'm 6'1", 235 pounds...if I exert any pressure, these things just come loose...the arm on the bracket is a joke...no way to bolt it down...I cranked the thing as hard as I could and even bought a much better lock washer...used red locktite...still no good...very poor construction on this and quite misleading.

I think that scraping down and welding the two pieces exactly where you want them might be the only way to go to get it to stay still...this should not have to be done but the poor construction offers no other option to lock this thing down so that it will not move. I question how much testing was done on this before it went to market....anyone looking at this can see that a single bolt at the end of an arm certainly isn't going to keep it place, esp. with a foot peg and weight on it...it just moves with any considerable pressure.