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L3194FF · 02-03-2006, 08:44 AM

I received a factory windshield for a 98 Suzuki Intruder 1500 just the other day. With excitement I went to the task of installing the windshield. During the process of installing the 2 brackets to the fork I noticed the top left bolt stopped rotating about half way in. I said to myself only me. I figured I had cross threated the bolt. Well it seems I did because I was unable to remove the bolt. I was able to finish the rest of the installation just to see how the windshield would look and it looked great.

Well the next day after trying everything I could think of trying to get the bolt out, I called up a friend for some ideas. Well, sad to say he ended up cutting the bolt head off and eventually removing the bolt. During this process I decided to remove the other bracket and ran into the same problem with the top right bolt. It acted like it was cross threaded but the bolt screwed in fine. It seems the bolts are threaded wrong and my friend and I was unable to remove the second bolt. So next week I am going to make the dreadful journey to the dealer and hope they are able to fix this problem and install the windshield for me.

Here is the question, has anyone else ran into a similar problem?

02-03-2006, 08:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
L3194FF Newbie Joined: Jul 2005 Bike: 1998 Suzuki Intruder 1500 LC, 2006 Honda ST1300 Location: Virginia Posts: 20	Factory windshield problem I received a factory windshield for a 98 Suzuki Intruder 1500 just the other day. With excitement I went to the task of installing the windshield. During the process of installing the 2 brackets to the fork I noticed the top left bolt stopped rotating about half way in. I said to myself only me. I figured I had cross threated the bolt. Well it seems I did because I was unable to remove the bolt. I was able to finish the rest of the installation just to see how the windshield would look and it looked great. Well the next day after trying everything I could think of trying to get the bolt out, I called up a friend for some ideas. Well, sad to say he ended up cutting the bolt head off and eventually removing the bolt. During this process I decided to remove the other bracket and ran into the same problem with the top right bolt. It acted like it was cross threaded but the bolt screwed in fine. It seems the bolts are threaded wrong and my friend and I was unable to remove the second bolt. So next week I am going to make the dreadful journey to the dealer and hope they are able to fix this problem and install the windshield for me. Here is the question, has anyone else ran into a similar problem?