Re: [ST] loose stuff on ST

["glennsavy" <glennsavy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had stuff vibrate loose too on my last bike a vfr, so every now and then
just like chain and tire press, checking bolts for tightness is my usual
practice.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Bell <abell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [ST] loose stuff on ST


> Why wait, One of the first things I did when I brought the Triumph home
> last year was to go through the bike and check fasteners and torque's all
> over the bike. My then wife lost her mind when she came into the garage
and
> saw the NEW less than 30 miles on it bike divested of bodywork and me
> grinning and sweating and loctite-ing away.
>
> Anyhow just my .02c
>
> Peace,
>   At 09:28 AM 7/9/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Wow.  I lost the nut from the right side as well.  I do see a pattern
here!
> >
> >Engine bolts vibrating loose?  Yikes!  I think after the summer I'll go
> >through the whole bike and make it a quarterly or bi-annual maintenance
> >adjustment.  Thanks for the idea!
> >
> >Scott
> >'01 Sprint ST (blue)
> >
> >
> >>From: serlick@xxxxxxxx
> >>Reply-To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>To: scott__inman@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >>CC: "ST/RS Digest" <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Subject: [ST] loose stuff on ST
> >>Date: 09 Jul 2001 08:25:07 -0500
> >>
> >>Hello Scott and Everyone:
> >>         I have had the large bolt on the right centerstand disappear
> >> whil riding. Luckily had another installed at a Honda shop.
> >>         I have had several bolts on the ENGINE (right and left sides)
> >> come loose and actually start leaking oil. I took off all my bodywork
> >> and went 'round the entire engine and frame with a torx/ratchet and
> >> hauled everything taut. I do this every six to nine months as a
> >> precaution. No more problems!
> >>Cheers,
> >>Howard Stephen Serlick
> >>'00 Blue ST
> >>Philadelphia
> >>
> >>
> >>
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