Side stand spring bolt broke
Raverez:
I keep a small bungee cord on the bike that I used when mine off. twice. Hook it to the side stand and to the rear peg. Works as a quick fix.
fudgie:
I got a screw head type bolt from the hardware. Its a SS one. Couldnt get a grade 8 in metric. I think this the reason I went with the SS one.
custom1:
Quote from: RONW on July 04, 2011, 01:53:51 AM
I'll have to take a peek at that bolt. Thanks for the pics. Intermittently my kickstand has not fully retracted. It stops half way in its swing. I nudge it with my boot, then the kickstand retracts fully. I thought that I might have bent the spring after bumping it with the arm of the lift jack, but perhaps the problem is the bolt.
I like to include pics. It saves a lot of typing. It would be difficult to explain how the stand was not working and the bolt broke off but the spring is still on there without a pic of it.
How about some pics of these various hardware store fixes?
fudgie:
I have no pix.
I put a nut on the new screw, near the head of it. Put it thru that hole in that little plate in your pick and screwed it into the side stand. Put the spring on at the head of the screw. Screwed the nut up to the spring. Turned the whole screw into the stand just enough the spring wont catch on anything. Its actually just a tad under the side stand frame so nothing will catch on it.
I used a screw type head so its easy to repair on the road if needed. The SS screw is a grade 5 I think is what the guy said. I need to back it off a hair as the spring catches every so often.
Ricky-D:
My opinion is that stainless is not a good material for that particular part. Might not rust but certainly is not strong enough for the duty it faces.
Carbon steel = much better.
Grading for stainless is not equivalent to grading for carbon steel in bolts and screws.
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