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Offline C1xRider

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More screws to check
« on: October 02, 2012, 08:05:44 PM »
Opened my right saddle bag this morning to grab the liners for my riding gear (getting cold in the mornings), and 2 screws fell down into the lid.  Looked around and quickly discovered they were 2 of the 8 that hold the latch assembly to the bag.  They look like a stainless screw, with a Phillips head and a soft rubber washer.

Might be prudent to check yours, next time you go into the side cases.

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Re: More screws to check
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2012, 08:09:30 PM »
Dang!  These bikes are assembled in Japan aren't they? 
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Re: More screws to check
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2012, 08:12:30 PM »
Quote from: twowheeladdict on October 02, 2012, 08:09:30 PM
Dang!  These bikes are assembled in Japan aren't they?

Well it did take 2-1/2 years, and almost 32K miles to vibrate them out.  Doesn't look like there's any kind of thread locking stuff on them either.

The rest looked okay, but they still easily tightened at least 1/2 a turn.  Probably just re-compressing the washers.
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Re: More screws to check
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2012, 10:16:58 AM »
Quote from: twowheeladdict on October 02, 2012, 08:09:30 PM
Dang!  These bikes are assembled in Japan aren't they?


You'all need to check out the new BMW's I heard they have tight screws, or is that those that ride  them are screwed ........ tighter ..... gee I don't remember  now.
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Re: More screws to check
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2012, 07:09:22 PM »
I would check the fairing stay bolts as well...  Both of them were missing and I noticed it when my headlight/mirrors were vibrating like crazy. 
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Re: More screws to check
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2012, 07:30:36 AM »
I'm so bored.  All my screws and nuts are tight as always.
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Re: More screws to check
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2012, 08:15:50 AM »
6700 miles and every single one was loose.

Thanks Rob
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Re: More screws to check
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2012, 06:07:28 AM »
Quote from: cablebandit on October 04, 2012, 07:30:36 AM
I'm so bored.  All my screws and nuts are tight as always.

Me too, 62,000 miles and my header nutz haven't loosened yet and i keep checking them
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Re: More screws to check
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2012, 06:21:59 AM »
I would wager that there's more than a few of us with screws loose on this forum...
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Re: More screws to check
« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2012, 06:25:21 AM »
Quote from: VirginiaJim on October 05, 2012, 06:21:59 AM
I would wager that there's more than a few of us with screws loose on this forum...

I'll take top of that list!  But the mad pow-ah of KiPass keeps my C14 and I going
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Re: More screws to check
« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2012, 06:41:53 AM »
You need to bottle that and sell it, Steve.  I'd buy one.
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Re: More screws to check
« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2012, 06:46:46 AM »
Quote from: VirginiaJim on October 05, 2012, 06:41:53 AM
You need to bottle that and sell it, Steve.  I'd buy one.

I wish I knew how to contain it  :D
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Re: More screws to check
« Reply #12 on: October 05, 2012, 07:20:17 AM »
Quote from: stevewfl on October 05, 2012, 06:46:46 AM
I wish I knew how to contain it  :D
Pull the battery.
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Re: More screws to check
« Reply #13 on: October 05, 2012, 03:12:05 PM »
Quote from: C1xRider on October 02, 2012, 08:05:44 PM
Opened my right saddle bag this morning to grab the liners for my riding gear (getting cold in the mornings), and 2 screws fell down into the lid.  Looked around and quickly discovered they were 2 of the 8 that hold the latch assembly to the bag.  They look like a stainless screw, with a Phillips head and a soft rubber washer.

Might be prudent to check yours, next time you go into the side cases.
Bought mine with 13K on her. I found a bolt in the left bag and wondered where and what that was from. A few days later I pulled the bags to see what it looked like without them. That's when I figured out where and what that bolt was from. It was one (the last one) of those.
So a good note is that even with no bolts in there if the bag is latched on the bike and the latches are not sloppy they will stay on..

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