Plastic belt cover

[flybuddy]

Installed a Smoothspyder belt tensioner this weekend. Fairly easy install except for an engineering oversight by BRP. When you try to remove the 3 screws for the plastic belt cover, you discover that 2 of them have floating nuts attached that you have to get a socket or wrench on. It's a wraparound double cover and very difficult to get anything on them. To avoid the same hassle in the future I put nut plates over the screw holes. Grommets would probably work also.

 

[Barlock]

Good idea!

I wonder why nobody else mentioned it before?

 

[daltmeyer]

Oh its been mentioned in the archives of this forum. Any search for rear fender removal should provide plenty of mentions as its a well known issue.

I will add that the torx head bolts were also a bad idea as any gunk or rust will have you very slow going and risking rounding them out trying to remove. Give me something a real wrench will fit and leave the torx stuff for the plastics and the low torque stuff.

 

[Chupaca]

Interesting..!!

my instructions suggested replacing the nuts with the same ones used on the tupperware..stopped by the auto parts and picked some up clipped them on and all went well. I would suggest they add them to the kit...:thumbup:

 

[M109Dreamer]

Thanks for the info. I think that when the time comes for me to remove that cover I will do the same, but might just rivet the nutplates on.