Knifemaker Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 My son took all his tupperware off his 1994 K75S to have painted...He put all the hardware in seperate tray for identification needs did a real good job...Problem is that his dog knocked ouer the tray holder that had all the hardware in and scattered hardware everywhere...Now he has no clue what bolt, washer,grommett, or whatever, goes where... All the manuals ands books I have been able to find just name the part as a bolt or screw and lists no sizes....Any ideas what on how to figure out this problem? Really could use the help... Link to comment
W. Mazelin Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 For staters . . . shoot the dog! Might make you feel better, just kidding! It sounds like a little trial & error is going to be needed. To try to minimize the fatigue, look for pairs or sets (4 or 6) that match, and try to map out possible locations for where they go based on the number of holes in the tupperware. I would bet that if it's like my wife's R-1150-RS, you will be able to quickly ID where some of the equipment is used. From there, with fewer bits to handle, the process should speed up a little. Good Luck! Link to comment
wenglish Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 How about the parts fiche from someone like A&S? http://www.ascycles.com/Illustrated_catalog/K75S(85-95)/catalog_frameset.html Link to comment
Sidmariner Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Wow...I feel your pain. I have the K100RS and the K1100LT. The fastener issue is always a huge pain, with the unbelievably stupid mix of varying sizes of machine screws, bolts, tapping screws, grommets and washers needed to assemble the fairing bits. In several cases one piece of trim would have two or more fastener types and sizes, with no logic whatsoever as to why! My pet peeve is the mix of socket head, hex-bolt and Phillips Head screws (the second-worst screw design in history). I think it sadly points out that the engineers walked away once they build the engine and running gear and left a bunch of monkeys on the body design team loose in the garage fastener bins (probably the same simians that design seats for the bike). IMHO... tapping screws (or sheet-metal screws) have no place on a motorcycle, especially when the only thing they have to grip is a nasty little piece of brittle nylon or plastic on the other side. In the end, I trashed them all and purchased the stainless steel fastener kit available on eBay. The bags came labelled with locations for the fasteners. For the most part, they at least have a common head. I did the same with the RT. What a relief to have all the fairing and trim pieces mounted with hex-panhead machine screws! Only one tool is needed to take everything apart. Link to comment
Calvin (no socks) Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Bill, buy another one and take it apart... Note from Professional technician for next project.... I take digital pictures of disassembly of items I am unfarmiliar with... eg. New hard top Volvo convertible... a virtual nightmare of wires, hydraulic lines, sensors, cylinders, spacers, and kevlar strings...DAMHIK! Link to comment
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