1947 Spriniger ball plate bolt

[DANPATCH]

Is the head of the bolt on top or bottom? This same bolt on earlier years the hold the horn mount bracket go in the same way

[duffeycycles]

Harley put the bolt pointing up in very few places because the bolts are more apt to stay in place if the nut comes off if bolt points down. A couple of those points are 2 on front of trans mount & one at horn mount to handlebars on springers. The trans mount had castle nuts with cotter pins to keep it in place.

[exeric]

I like your comment, Roger. I've always believed that gravity may claim the nut, but the bolt or screw may stay in long enough to keep 'kit and kaboodle' together.