Hello all, oh and can anyone help?
 

Hi, i've been reading the forums for a bit now and have thought about registering for ages but never got round to it. Now in my time of despair I think back to all the good helpful stuff I've read here in the past and can think of nowhere better to ask advice...

I bought a K3 S in copper last november and have been enjoying it eversince... the only mod I made was to fit a Fabbri dark tint screen which all went smoothly and looked ace. Back in June I was on my way home from a rideout to Matlock Bath when some kids THREW a skatedboard out in front of me! :evil: the obvious happened and i took a slide, luckily i was only doing bang on 30 at the time because I was just going through a speed camera. I finally got everything sorted and the bike back in August (I managed to restrain myself and talked the kid who'd thrown the skateboard at me into waiting for the police and am JUST about to get my money back (£2800) for the repairs etc from her parents house insurance \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ ). It was repaired to showroom condition with the original suzuki screen going back on (oh and i had R&G crash protectors fitted just in case).

Now I've recently bought a new fabbri screen and went to fit it today -it all went exactly as it had done before except that the top two screws (which screw directly into the plastic kinda holding the fairing together) now don't have threaded holes to go into! :oops: I was extremely careful about making sure they were all lined up before i started tightening themup so am not sure how it happened but happened it has... so does anyone have any suggestion as to how i might rescue this? :help:

My one thought so far (apart from oh crap oh crap oh crap :wink: )is this : I've currently got a small pot of "no more nails" hardening with the intention of testing that out by drilling a starter hole and then seeing if I can screw the screw into that and then see if it'll be strong enough to hold. If anyone else has any suggestions (or details of approved ways of redeeming myself) then I would love to hear them.

Cheers, Dan.

You could tap a larger thread into it... or fill the hole with JB Weld and then see if that'll take a new thread. I think it'll be too small for a helicoil though.

Can you fit a nut on the other side?

Welcome to the site.

Hi and welcome to the site. Can't give you any advice on your problem as I don't do crappy farings :wink: :wink: and a smack on the wrist for you for not joining sooner :lol: :lol:

Welcome again anyway :lol: :lol:

thanks for the welcome!
Northwind, I've had a look at JB weld's website and the claims they make are pretty impressive so I think i'll try and get some and test it out as well. There's no room for a bolt that would be too easy! If I get chance tomorrow i'll take a picture to show how it all fits...

welcome to the site :D

If its like the K1-2 etc, then they crew into a threaded clip thingy. I have used loads on fitting car hifi, and never ever know what thier real name is.

They look like a folded piece of metal with the tip of one of the folds folded up at the tip slightly. They then clip/slide over the fairing lug, and the screw self taps into it.

All i know, is that you get them with speakers for cars, and are found all over an SV.

So what you need to do ,is get down to your local car accessory place and ask for some speaker screw clips, for want of a better description. Remove the fairing pannels in question and slide another couple over the lugs.

I hope this helps :?

Up date, they are called screw clips and the only imgae i can find is this, but at least you know what im on about,

http://scoutparts.com/products/photo...screw_clip.jpg

On the pre-03 model you use a couple of "top hat"s rubber sleeves with nuts inside.

Generally use for fairings and such, you can get them at most motorbike shops or halfords carry them as well.

Cheers Mark.

PM me with what you need( the above or screw clips) and I'll post a couple to you. Saves you buying a full pack as I've got a quite a number of said bits in my box of 'might come in handy'

Cheers
Ben

ilkeston is sunny ? :shock: