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O, Woe is me!!
I got a set of R&G sliders from SR71 on the FS forum. They're just like he said, brand new, never installed. Perfect! Previous owner of my bike had already drilled the fairings because he'd mounted highway pegs of some kind at the engine bolts. I figure I've got it made, not even gonna have to pull the fairings, find the drill point, anything. Just remove the factory bolt, stick the sliders in, I'm done.
Not so fast, Tex. That bolt's got a funny head on it. 9mm fits loose, 10 won't go in. Shit, it's 3/8"! How'd that get in here?
And now when it comes out, it's got gi-normous threads on it!
Apparently Mr. Previous Owner heli-coiled the engine mounts!! I don't know if he had to do that to put on the pegs he used, or if he eff-d up the threads during the install. I didn't compare the other engine bolts as I hadn't pulled the fairing, but looking at some reference pictures I took for some previous work, these bolts ARE different from the rearward lower bolts.
I'm assuming I can find an SAE bolt about the right length and still get these sliders on and cover up the fairing holes. Any of you engineering types see a problem that I don't?
I just thought of one myself. I didn't check if that bolt will even go through the sleeve in the slider. I'll be back in a minute. . .
***** Goes outside, pulls the suspect bolt, takes sleeve from slider and tests fit *****
Well, shit!!!! SAE bolt won't go into the sleeve of the slider. Not even close. Sleeve would have to be about half the wall thickness at best. I could bore the slider and fit a bigger sleeve (I have a jig for the drill press that would keep it centered) assuming I could even find a tube to make it from, but now I'm getting into too much re-engineering I think. I really want these things on there, though. My fairings are already drilled and it would be great to cover the holes with something useful. Sliders on brackets (no-drill) won't serve that purpose.
Thoughts??? Any engineering types with suggestions?
Not so fast, Tex. That bolt's got a funny head on it. 9mm fits loose, 10 won't go in. Shit, it's 3/8"! How'd that get in here?
And now when it comes out, it's got gi-normous threads on it!
Apparently Mr. Previous Owner heli-coiled the engine mounts!! I don't know if he had to do that to put on the pegs he used, or if he eff-d up the threads during the install. I didn't compare the other engine bolts as I hadn't pulled the fairing, but looking at some reference pictures I took for some previous work, these bolts ARE different from the rearward lower bolts.
I'm assuming I can find an SAE bolt about the right length and still get these sliders on and cover up the fairing holes. Any of you engineering types see a problem that I don't?
I just thought of one myself. I didn't check if that bolt will even go through the sleeve in the slider. I'll be back in a minute. . .
***** Goes outside, pulls the suspect bolt, takes sleeve from slider and tests fit *****
Well, shit!!!! SAE bolt won't go into the sleeve of the slider. Not even close. Sleeve would have to be about half the wall thickness at best. I could bore the slider and fit a bigger sleeve (I have a jig for the drill press that would keep it centered) assuming I could even find a tube to make it from, but now I'm getting into too much re-engineering I think. I really want these things on there, though. My fairings are already drilled and it would be great to cover the holes with something useful. Sliders on brackets (no-drill) won't serve that purpose.
Thoughts??? Any engineering types with suggestions?
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