Top Yoke removal Help

[northwind]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Whats the point of using security bolts there anyway? If someones nicked the bike then they'll just nip down the motor factors and get the readily available tool for it anyway.

Yep, they only inconvenience the owners, who discover after taking their bike to bits that they can't get the part they need off, and now they can't ride to Halfords either ****ing pointless things. Easier to damage than an allen head too. I hates em...

I replaced mine with standard allen head bolts, a thief is gonna pick your bike up a throw it in the back of a van anyway so the type of bolt isn't really applicable.

Well I came accross some security Torx bits so no need to take hammers to the pins so it should be off in no time..... watch this space.

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by DoubleD

Well I came accross some security Torx bits so no need to take hammers to the pins so it should be off in no time..... watch this space.

Famous last words! I hope you were touching wood when you said that


Pete's '10 minute jobs' usually turn into several hours of swearing and me conspicuous by my abscence

.... so I wasn't touching wood ok and the bolts are still in place!

I'm trying to do this in the dark and with all the fairing on, there is not even any room to cut my fingers

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by DoubleD

.... so I wasn't touching wood ok and the bolts are still in place!

I'm trying to do this in the dark and with all the fairing on, there is not even any room to cut my fingers

Pete did it with the fairing in place but used several quarter inch drive extensions and went up from underneath (oo-er!)

Good job you haven't cut your fingers...............my plasters are no good to you sat here

[northwind]

When I did mine, I think I disconnected the lock from the loom, I definately ended up with the yoke upside down on the forks to brace it, and I used a soldering gun to add heat to the bolts before using an impact driver to shift them. They still put up a fight.

getting back to the top yoke.

I'm tring to get mine off to change the left hand clipon.

I've undone the center bolt, and losened the two end allen bolts, and it's not lifting off. have i missed something? can't see any other bolts.

Help please

Originally Posted by bad-sv650

getting back to the top yoke.

I'm tring to get mine off to change the left hand clipon.

I've undone the center bolt, and losened the two end allen bolts, and it's not lifting off. have i missed something? can't see any other bolts.

Help please

Is the yoke screwed to the clip-ons from underneath, some are but not sure about SV ones.

[yorkie_chris]

Curvy ones use locator bolts, you'll need to undo these, or undo the clipon pinch bolts too.
Then it might need a bit of a tap to get it to shift.