I've just been inspecting the bike before getting it out for the weekend and noticed a rather worrying fault.....somehow i've lost the rear shock absorber lower nut and the bolt has worked itself halfway back through and is hanging out the other side..
Not good i hear you say! Now my question is can i try and remove the bolt completely and then look to re-position it and fix a new nut on the end or will this be difficult? The top nut and bolt for the shock is still in place so i'm presuming that'll hold everything in place?
Also...does anyone know what size nut i need to get? Do i need a specific part number/nut? Cheers
You haven't lost the nut Neil coz there isn't one. The bolt screws into a thread on the lower shock mount. If it has just worked loose (VERY unusual) then hopefully the threads will still be OK.
It's a high tensile bolt so it should be OK.. Unlikely to be bent.
You haven't lost the nut Neil coz there isn't one. The bolt screws into a thread on the lower shock mount. If it has just worked loose (VERY unusual) then hopefully the threads will still be OK.
It's a high tensile bolt so it should be OK.. Unlikely to be bent.
Brian
Maybe it's me thats lost my nut in that case Brian!!! I'll have a look in the morning with better light and see if i can sort it out.....thanks for your help as usual!
Looks it from what i can see.....ill try a new bolt in there and we'll see....however getting a new bolt on good friday/easter weekend could be a problem!
Any idea how this could have happened? Should it just work its way loose like this??
what have you been doing, you've broke my old bike, have a look in the bag where the spare shock is there may be one in the bottom of the spare shock
Evening Neil....good to hear from you....i did look in the bag and sadly there wasn't a spare bolt.....might have to order it in from Yamaha...might put pay to my plans of getting out this weekend sadly...