So..... I've opened up my bike. It started by replacing the broken fairing and adding a USB charger through the front. It made me realize the previous owner(s) once opened up the bike and did a bad job closing it. One thing led to another and I ended up stripping down all fairings and almost 60% of the parts and attachments and then ordering a full set of nuts and bolts and those plastic rivets and fixing them up.
It's all done.... except.... for the love of God.... I'm unable to fix the grab rail which is a pre-requisite for fixing the seat. Help?!
Assemble the spacers and the bolts and rack as they should be. Once the bolts are poking out through the spacer take some electrical tape or even painters tape and slide it onto the bolt.
The tape should hold the spacer in place as you are trying to line up the bolts with the screws.
You might needs to slice the tape jus to get the tape onto the bolt.
Thread the bolts in a few (2-3) threads and using some needle nose pliers rip the tape out from under the spacer.
You might find that it might be easier to do once side at a time.
Having said that, the bolts should be long enough that if you thread it in a few thread, you should still be able to work with the remaining spacers and bolts.
Also, are you working with the bike on the side stand or is the bike level somehow (centerstand or jack)?
Obviously sidestand is going to make the job a lot harder because of the lean angle and gravity. If so, can you level the bike out somehow so the spacers don't slide out?
I always use grease. Works most of the time, but alternatively, I have a can of belt dressing I keep for things like this. It's sticky. It also is a good protector for battery terminals and bare spots where you want to prevent rust. I've had the same can in my garage for over 20 years. I use it rarely, but it never seems to run out, plug up, or run out of compression. It's weird, but good-weird. lol
Bolt the rail on with only one or two turns of the bolts without using the spacers. The go back and remove one bolt at a time and slide in the spacers.
Is the problem that the railing is too big/unwieldy and you need a separate pair of hands? Seems there is enough space for you to slide the spacer in from the side and slide the bolt through from the top?
Do you need one person holding the railing, while you slide the spacer in with one hand and screw the bolt in with your other? Then repeat for the other three?
Is the problem that the railing is too big/unwieldy and you need a separate pair of hands? Seems there is enough space for you to slide the spacer in from the side.
Do you need one person holding the railing, while you slide the spacer in with one hand and screw the bolt in with your other? Then repeat for the other three?
No. That's not it. I think it's just a weird angle. The space is too cramped. All the railings for Tmax I've seen come with the railing having those spacers welded into it.
I observed the area around the holes a little closer today and I can see some white stuff here and there. I'm guessing the previous owner who fixed this also used some sort of glue to hold the spacers in place. Last time I used glue I was impatient and tried to fix it within an hour. I'll be more patient this time.
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