Yazz
MOgang Member
Early on in the F3 forums, I read about putting RTV Silicone on the screw holding the red lens housing on. Did it with my GS back then, but didn't do it on the F3. :banghead:
So I had a bit of a drama going up to Spyderfest... My tail light cover fell off somewhere along the road going up to Missouri. Took the bulb out and covered the electrical connections with black electricians tape. No tickets for me!
Ordered a new tail light assembly and finally got around to almost installing it. To do the whole job properly, the rear wheel must be removed because of clearance issues. My fingers are skinny, but not that skinny.
So I decided to take the housing and red lens cover off the new assembly and screw it onto the original metal plate holding the bulb sticking out. It was only held on by one screw, how hard can it be? It only took breaking the tension on the 3/8" length sheet metal screw and the housing assembly fell off. Hmm... manufactured failure point?
No problems, I'll get a longer screw. In the comfort of AC, I looked through the can of screws and found one that matched the new assembly. Confident in BRP's QC, I went out to the non AC garage, put RTV Silicone on the new screw and was ready to attach the new housing. No can do amigo, the new screw was too wide, in fact, the new assembly sheet metal screw wouldn't go in either. Hmm... :banghead:
Not going to chew your ear about air jockeys screwing things together with sheet metal screws, or about random sizes of the above screws, just venting a little...
Just know I'll be out tomorrow morning, heat in the mid-eighties and rising, humidity around eighty, mosquito spray on, sitting on the ground, looking for a screw smaller than the one I found earlier and hoping I find one...
Be Warned! Do The Easy Thing And Get Some RTV Silicone On That Screw!!:lecturef_smilie:
So I had a bit of a drama going up to Spyderfest... My tail light cover fell off somewhere along the road going up to Missouri. Took the bulb out and covered the electrical connections with black electricians tape. No tickets for me!
Ordered a new tail light assembly and finally got around to almost installing it. To do the whole job properly, the rear wheel must be removed because of clearance issues. My fingers are skinny, but not that skinny.
So I decided to take the housing and red lens cover off the new assembly and screw it onto the original metal plate holding the bulb sticking out. It was only held on by one screw, how hard can it be? It only took breaking the tension on the 3/8" length sheet metal screw and the housing assembly fell off. Hmm... manufactured failure point?
No problems, I'll get a longer screw. In the comfort of AC, I looked through the can of screws and found one that matched the new assembly. Confident in BRP's QC, I went out to the non AC garage, put RTV Silicone on the new screw and was ready to attach the new housing. No can do amigo, the new screw was too wide, in fact, the new assembly sheet metal screw wouldn't go in either. Hmm... :banghead:
Not going to chew your ear about air jockeys screwing things together with sheet metal screws, or about random sizes of the above screws, just venting a little...
Just know I'll be out tomorrow morning, heat in the mid-eighties and rising, humidity around eighty, mosquito spray on, sitting on the ground, looking for a screw smaller than the one I found earlier and hoping I find one...
Be Warned! Do The Easy Thing And Get Some RTV Silicone On That Screw!!:lecturef_smilie:
