New Hugger! Then S**t happens

Got myself a spanking nice tyre hugger!

So off to the garage to take off the cr*ppy chain guard and undo the other necessary bolts.

Then i attempt to undo the little screw that holds in place a small looking mudguard, just beneath the toolbox on the K4. Then...............

"Snap"

The bl00dy bolt has sheared off!

Now the stuck bolt is flush with the surface of the swingarm.

Now I need to extract it but its tiny so is this going to be a "take the swingarm off job?!" I'm so gutted as I have planned it for the MoT

Any suggestions.....

Ta

[Lissa]

Does your hugger actually use that hole as a fixing point? If you have fixings either side of the hugger I'd have thought they would hold it in place well enough, for now at least.

can you not use a stud extractor on it? Small drill hole down the centre and wind it out. Don't forget to centre punch the stud.

Carl

oh the quality of those suzuki bolts.

Hi rocky, like Lissa,do you need it? On my K3 I left little mud guard on.I`ve got a Power bronze hugger which fitted easily.

Cheers

I've got the rear end of my bike in bits, because when I took the hugger off to paint it, the bolt sheared. So while it's apart, time for the brakes, sprockets and chain, braided hoses, new rear shock and undertray to go on. Oh well it was getting cold anyway!

good excuse to give it a good clean

Well i would like the front bolt on since the front of the hugger is not actually a perfect flat and looks like it has "flapped" up! I get qualiy bolts for it but getting cheese bolts off is a pain!

I think i'm gonna have to take the rear wheel off and undo the shock, i'm dreading to think the dog bones bolts and nuts will shear off as well.

Well done Suzuki...........i think I should of stuck with my little 400 Honda instead, 18 years old and quality bolts!

lots of wd40 on the bolts a few days before attempting to undo it all.

Originally Posted by CB1ROCKET

i'm dreading to think the dog bones bolts and nuts will shear off as well.

Well done Suzuki...........

Hi

Just yesterday I had the 'pleasure' of the cheese dogbone bolts , 1 came out easily (breaker bar 1 end and a spanner on the other) but the other just rounded off as soon as it saw the socket .

After half an hour decided that the mole grip werent making a impact so decided to hacksaw off the head of the bolt. Another half an hour later and 1 destroyed dogbone (I was replacing them anyway , so didnt care) both bolts out .

Shearing the heads off would be the easy way as the bolts pass thru an un-threaded bar to a nut , so if they shear that saves you the hacksaw lol .

HTH

Hopefully Soon