Rear Drive pulley bolts loosened up!

Sheesh...one more thing to worry about....

I've searched but can't find any reports of this happening to bikes with IDS. Someone suggested IDS as a possible fix for the loose pulley bolt syndrome. I ask, of course, because I changed my rear tire this winter and with IDS, you can't see the pulley bolts as they're in the bowl under the sprocket. The service manual (I checked) mentions nothing about using loctite -- it just says that the bolts should be replaced and torqued. I reused mine, but used blue loctite on them.

With the IDS system, I wonder if the bolts, even if loose, can back out very far before they would get stopped by the sprocket. Maybe the suppressed vibration cures the wandering bolt problem, I don't know.

So...HAS anyone with IDS had the loose bolt problem?
 
The problem with IDS (I have it on my '07) is that you can't see or check the bolts. If they DO work loose you likely won't know until it's causing a problem.
 
As said above from what I can see my '09 RK doesn't have bolts on the pulley that I can see. I think I recall my '05 EGC had them right there but this '09 bike doesnt. I guess nothing to tighten - (hoping it's been remedied)?
 
Well, now I am worried. I should have skipped this thread.

To re-check the bolts that I assume were properly installed do I use the normal torque specs or reduce the value by 10% which I read somewhere that you should do with Loctite applied fastners?
 
Yes, the book has taken all this into consideration before they put it in print, otherwise it would have a warning statement to reduce torque by the appropriate amount. Trade standards.
 
three year old road king 10k miles, stopped at traffic lights last night went to move off but couldn't, rear wheel jambed. Got off and noticed a sheared bolt laying on the ground two foot away examined rear pully three of the five bolts had sheared and I could pull them out the remaining two were loose. Pully had never been adjusted! maybe a trend anyone have similar
 
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