01-21-2018, 07:42 AM
It would be interesting to know exactly why the manual says to replace them. I imagine replacing the bolts would not be cost prohibitively expensive, particularly for a safety item. That said, I replaced my bar ends, and the manual said to replace the mounting screws. Since the bar end screws are not under a lot of torque, and consequently not subject to fatigue, the only reason I could think of to replace them was that new ones have a fresh thread locking patch on them from the factory. I did not replace the bar end screws because they were perfect, and simply used some blue thread locker. So, perhaps this is the same situation with the rotor bolts?