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Lost a bolt!

pokeyjoe

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This one, right here:

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I had just finished visiting the dealer in Thousand Oaks (about 150 miles round trip). I was about a mile from home and tried to downshift while pulling up to a light. There was nothing there. The shift lever was hanging straight down. That little lever with the bolt in it had come completely off. I pushed the bike over to the sidewalk, put the lever back on the shaft and managed to get home without it coming off again. Geez.
 
Probably the same size as the other pinch bolt in the picture, Any good hardware store should have it, make sure the threads aren't stripped out, It might have to be retapped . Did your dealer adjust the shift lever ?
 
That's the replacement bolt in the picture. I had one that was too long and I cut it down to fit. As soon as I'm sure the adjustment is OK, I'll remove the bolt and put some Loctite on it.

That bolt has never been touched (since I got the bike). I used the linkage to the right of the bolt to adjust the lever position.
 
I lost one too, but mine was the one that holds the side panel on. Had to fit another one. Pheeww, what a close shave!

Bikes that vibrate a bit loosen nuts and bolts. What a surprise.
 
Funny, different people lose different bolts.

No rhyme or reason. You could point to almost every bolt on the bike, and someone has lost it once.

I don't know. It's not as if we're riding English "thumpers" that vibrate to beat the band.
 
sign216 said:
It's not as if we're riding English "thumpers" that vibrate to beat the band.
My dad had a BSA Goldstar 500cc single with a compression release. It vibrated so bad the license plate broke in two. He ended up putting a steel backing plate behind it. He couldn't ride it at night because you couldn't keep a working light bulb on it. Caught fire once in the driveway - my sister put out the fire with a hose. Chain broke one day and he had to push it two miles home. He bought his first bike with shaft drive after that (R50 with Earles forks).
 
As you know Joe, all mechanical device will vibrate to a certain extent and that is why experienced maintenance engineers, mechanics, bikers, and even some car drivers include checking nut and bolt tightness as part of their regular servicing routine. You'll probably find that it's one of the items recommended you do daily in the vehicle hand book. (Not that anyone does!) I admit it's not it's as bad as the old days when it was a good idea to carry a bag to put all the bits in so as you could refit them when you got home, even so I still find the odd few loose bits on my bike. Exhaust nuts at the head and heat shields, the screws around the filler cap, indicator stem nuts, to name a few. It's not really a big problem until something important drops off in the middle of nowhere, in a rain storm at midnight, then you wish maybe you hadn't skipped that bit in preference to polishing the chrome, but some lessons have to be learned the hard way.
 
pokeyjoe said:
sign216 said:
It's not as if we're riding English "thumpers" that vibrate to beat the band.
My dad had a BSA Goldstar 500cc single with a compression release. It vibrated so bad the license plate broke in two. He ended up putting a steel backing plate behind it. He couldn't ride it at night because you couldn't keep a working light bulb on it. Caught fire once in the driveway - my sister put out the fire with a hose. Chain broke one day and he had to push it two miles home. He bought his first bike with shaft drive after that (R50 with Earles forks).

Pokey, I've got an R50. I've had it for 25 yrs. Got the V7 because for a modern bike it was close to the BMW; simple design, easy to work on, nothing complicated or difficult, but still gives good performance.
 
I saw these on the web and thought of you.
 

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