Horror find during service..

[RHINO]

I stripped my bike for service on Thursday afternoon and when i took off the seat i saw something i've not noticed on previous occasions.
The bolt that holds the subframe to the main frame on the l/h/s was loose......the nut was off and lay near the battery and the bolt was midway out

The only person to work around that area of the bike since me owning it has been ME! I have had NO need to ever touch it so how long its been like that is anyones guess. I have now removed the otherside to, added thread lock and put them back in place. Has anyone else experienced such a problem, could it have vibrated free or has it been missed SOMEHOW on the previous 2 services i have done,,, doubt it as it jumped out at me,,, but whatever the cause it made me go over bike carefully and check everything..
This may have had some bearing on the handling problem i encountered recently, i'm off on a little journy this afternnon and i'll see if it cures some of my symptoms.

 

[Allan1]

Krikey!

Your kitchen's in a bit of a mess mate, you could have had a tidy up before you took piccy #2!

 

[Rolfy Dave]

Well Rhino mate.....

when I went to 1200Petes to have the brakes de-linked (god, not another plug...LOL) Pete spotted that the horizontal bolt going through the topmount of the shockabsorber was just about undone ... But before that (about 6 months) I found the topcentre(vertical) bolt on the shocker was also lose ... I had tightened this, and checked all the other bolts which were found to be tight, and to the correct torque...So, it must have vibrated lose over about 3000 miles...And that is with a nyloc nut on it too... So I have now replaced both the above mentioned nuts with brand new ones to see if they come lose again (fookin hope not :bang: )

Hope things are good for you & Emma.

See ya soon mate,

Rolfy
:beer:

 

[XXLarge]

For fook's sake will you stop telling stories of bits of bike dropping off it's giving me the willies.

(I thought Bert was behind me)

 

[reefer]

Your kitchen's in a bit of a mess mate, you could have had a tidy up before you took piccy #2!

yeah and you can cross me off your bacon butty list thanks


bollocks fooking posted, must have hit the reply key by mistake :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang:

 

[gypsy]

IMHO you should get hold of the feckin stupid numbnut did your last services and give him a good kicking. How anyone with even half a brain can miss such things beggars belief !!





















:f :f

 

[ianrobbo1]

fully agree with you, just cant get the staff now days, makes you wonder if anyone even inspects the work before letting it out on to the road dunnit???
wasnt Rhino unlucky to have a workman like that on his bike,?? :dunno:

 

[psycho]

me too

Had the same happen to me a little while back. road from poole to nottingham only to find when i got there that the bolt in the lower left fork clamp was hanging out. was shitting myself on the ride back. %$fan

 

[gypsy]

Had the same happen to me a little while back. road from poole to nottingham only to find when i got there that the bolt in the lower left fork clamp was hanging out. was shitting myself on the ride back. %$fan

Has Rhino been working on your bike as well ?

 

[Hornblower]

I had a look at Tootys side stand the other day when I was parking it coz it wouldnt go down, the nut on the end was off and the bolt was half out, I hate to think what would have happened if i'd just kicked it harder to make it go.
I guess I'd be sleeping in the garage that still aint got a roof!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :violin:

 

[Cyclops]

Fooken hell

and they say Hardlys fall to pieces ???

 

[RHINO]

Cycleclips

HARLEYS 'DO' fall to bits!!!

Mine must have been working its way loose over a period of time,, 10,000 miles in 12 months aint bad going for a bike.. (que the big mileage brigade)

I noticed it coz i check things, dunno its history before me owning it and now i'm putting right anything i can find.
As for your Harley, i once saw a farmers gate held together with orange bail string,, that was crude and practical but i'd never have marketed it.........
:f

 

[frenchuk]

Speaking of loose nuts...

Found those... anyone?

 

[alan sims]

HAND ON A MINUITE

Found those... anyone?

I wonderd what happened to FAT BERTS bits, after that OP he had on his NUTS a few years back.

now I know.. :neenaw: