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Cosmic_Jumper
Touring Scooter Rider
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 |  Subject: Windscreen Well Nuts  Mon May 07, 2012 1:28 pm | |
| Any one know the secret to replacing the rubber Well Nuts that the windshield screws go into?
I've had a few dislodge and one torn in a effort to try to reinstall them in the holes.
Seems like it should be easy, but, sheesh, what a PITA
Tim |
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honda_silver
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| | Subject: Re: Windscreen Well Nuts Mon May 07, 2012 1:39 pm | |
| | Cosmic_Jumper wrote: | | Any one know the secret to replacing the rubber Well Nuts that the windshield screws go into? |
1) Screw the bolt into rubber well nuts before installing. Leave enough of the bolt to be able to grab the bolt but not come out of the well nut
2) If paranoid, tie string around bolt to prevent accidental loss
3) If you install the rubber well nuts too deep ... grab the bolt with your fingers and slowly pull back to get the depth and seating you need.
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bigbird
Silver Wing Guru
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Location: Winnipeg Canada
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Registration date: 2010-05-02
| | Subject: Re: Windscreen Well Nuts Mon May 07, 2012 1:42 pm | |
| | Cosmic_Jumper wrote: | Any one know the secret to replacing the rubber Well Nuts that the windshield screws go into?
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Prelube with vaseline? I'm serious. |
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Cosmic_Jumper
Touring Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 303
Location: damn near Philadelphia, PA
Points: 1447
Registration date: 2009-06-12
| | Subject: Re: Windscreen Well Nuts Mon May 07, 2012 2:01 pm | |
| | bigbird wrote: | | Prelube with vaseline? I'm serious. |
I actually tried pre-lubing the little bastids but they slipped away and I had to spend an inordinate amount of time retrieving them from the body work.
Regarding Vaseline; Vaseline make rubber deteriorate. Sometimes quite rapidly. A fact that quite a few unplanned pregnancies may be attributed to.
Now KY Jelly...  |
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bigbird
Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts: 2159
Location: Winnipeg Canada
Points: 3055
Registration date: 2010-05-02
| | Subject: Re: Windscreen Well Nuts Mon May 07, 2012 2:07 pm | |
| Sorry Tim. I've never lost any of my nuts (  ) when removing the windscreens, which I've done many times. Regarding vaseline and rubber, I'm not sure that those well nuts are real rubber. I've got some extra well nuts kicking around that I got off eBay, and I believe they were made of some kind of different compound than rubber. That's why I suggested vaseline. But if they are real rubber, then of course you're right, and any light coating of grease, or KY jelly, would work. |
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MikeO
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| | Subject: Re: Windscreen Well Nuts Tue May 08, 2012 1:56 am | |
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tinman
Maxi-Scooter Rider
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Location: Matheson, Ontario, Canada
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Registration date: 2011-11-29
| | Subject: Re: Windscreen Well Nuts Tue May 08, 2012 3:40 am | |
| Try shoogoo on the nuts when installing them It might be the best way to keep them in place permanently .  |
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ulflyer
Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 155
Location: Lexington NC
Points: 398
Registration date: 2011-10-27
| | Subject: Re: Windscreen Well Nuts Tue May 08, 2012 5:07 am | |
| Spit works too................ |
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oldgoat
Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 27
Location: Montreal
Points: 704
Registration date: 2010-07-16
| | Subject: Re: Windscreen Well Nuts Tue May 08, 2012 2:48 pm | |
| | ulflyer wrote: | | Spit works too................ |
+1 for spit. It works for so many things when working on car/scoot /motorbike. |
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tarmacburner2
Touring Scooter Rider
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Location: Lancashire, England
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Registration date: 2010-03-27
| | Subject: Re: Windscreen Well Nuts Wed May 09, 2012 3:54 am | |
| Lubrication and having the length of the bolt screwed partway into the wellnut. Use a large washer (bigger than the hole) on the bolt so you can't push the whole assembly through the hole helps as well. Don't try and push the wellnut into the hole at 90º but attack it at an angle, get part of the wellnut in and then gently work the rest in using small increments (and a small flat bladed screwdriver - or whatever you colonials call a screwdriver!). Cheers, |
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Winger61
Maxi-Scooter Rider
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Location: Louth, Lincolnshire, UK
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Registration date: 2010-10-15
| | Subject: Re: Windscreen Well Nuts Wed May 09, 2012 4:44 am | |
| Big hammer???  |
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RArch
Scooter Rider
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tarmacburner2
Touring Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 362
Age: 58
Location: Lancashire, England
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Registration date: 2010-03-27
| | Subject: Re: Windscreen Well Nuts Wed May 09, 2012 8:06 am | |
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Cosmic_Jumper
Touring Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 303
Location: damn near Philadelphia, PA
Points: 1447
Registration date: 2009-06-12
| | Subject: Re: Windscreen Well Nuts Wed May 09, 2012 8:09 am | |
| | tarmacburner2 wrote: | Lubrication and having the length of the bolt screwed partway into the wellnut. Use a large washer (bigger than the hole) on the bolt so you can't push the whole assembly through the hole helps as well.
Don't try and push the wellnut into the hole at 90º but attack it at an angle, get part of the wellnut in and then gently work the rest in using small increments (and a small flat bladed screwdriver - or whatever you colonials call a screwdriver!).
Cheers, |
Thank you. That's the technique I needed to hear about.
Tim
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tarmacburner2
Touring Scooter Rider
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Age: 58
Location: Lancashire, England
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Registration date: 2010-03-27
| | Subject: Re: Windscreen Well Nuts Wed May 09, 2012 3:37 pm | |
| Tim,
If you pay my air fare and four weeks hotel bills I'll come over there and help you install the screen (I'll even bring my own screwdriver).
Glad to be of assistance.
Cheers, |
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