Fairing nuts

kramdra · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Oct 2010 Karma :

https://i.postimg.cc/8zjngQRv/IMG-20200824-112043.jpg

For the areas circled. These are the headlight mounts. I can not remember what nuts were originally there, suspect it was those nuts on a clip.

Is there a better option?

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

There is a better way. Make up a bracket and fit the headlamp to the subframe. Then you don't have a big heavy thing attached to the inside of your plastic fairing by flimsy plastic lugs.

However yes, they are usually held on with those captive nuts on clips.
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droog · Spanner Monkey Joined: 03 Dec 2019 Karma :

Dunno if this helps but mine is in bits so I took some photos to help me put it back together again.

The two holes above the headlight take a couple of clips - the inner clip is secured with an M5 bolt and a washer, the outer clip secures the trim panel and takes a standard fairing bolt I think.

The hole in the centre takes a clip and an M5 also.

https://i.ibb.co/XkVPRpy/top-right.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/Khswgjh/centre.jpg

kramdra · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Oct 2010 Karma :

Thanks for the pics, I think I had those clips sieze so I superglued wellnuts instead. Fine until you take it off.

SW - that would be quite a challenge, but the headlight does slot into the subframe so its weight is supported, these mounts just keep the headlight in the fairing slot and add a lot of rigidity to the fairing, theres also two nut inserts below.

I think Im going to clean it up, abs-slurry glue abs sheet in place to about 10mm thick, with an m5 nut insert.

steve the grease · Crazy Courier Joined: 26 Jan 2018 Karma :

Those , ' nuts on clips' are called chimney nuts, so it seems [url] https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M6-M8-M10-LONG-REACH-CHIMNEY-U-NUT-LUG-NUTS-SPEED-SPIRE-CAPTIVE-CLIPS-THREADED/323992945875?hash=item4b6f7c04d3:g:H00AAOSwQApd3RqG[/url]
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