wordsmith Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 1 hour ago, rlambke19 said: Which size bit is required for the pannier screws? Rob #10. 2 Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipperT Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 31 minutes ago, wordsmith said: #10. Just to add: pretty sure that it needs to be a safety-Torx (or tamper proof) Torx bit - which isn’t solid and has a small hole in the middle of the bit. -Skip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 3 hours ago, skipperT said: Just to add: pretty sure that it needs to be a safety-Torx (or tamper proof) Torx bit - which isn’t solid and has a small hole in the middle of the bit. -Skip Not 'pretty sure' - it DEF must be the tamper-proof/ security bit with added hole in the business end... 1 Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmark101 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 (edited) Checked mine and although they were flush they were not at all snug. Removed them and reinstalled with locktite. Better safe than sorry. Edited August 22, 2019 by johnmark101 There is nothing like spending a day riding with friends in the grip of a shared obsession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe72t Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Just did mine as well. Thank you for the heads up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracerAU Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 (edited) I tightened and loctite'd my case locks after seeing TwoWheelObsession's video on this issue. Mine were lightly finger tight at best with no loctite. Most likely installed that way at the dealers. Things do fall off. On the very first decent outing with my bike, I had the left hand bar end weight fall out. Completely lost the bolt, weight and spacer somewhere on the road. Didn't event notice them fall off. In checking the right hand bar end weight it was only finger tight and again no loctite. I'd advise checking your bar end weights adding loctite. I found some other screws on the hand guards loose as well. Edited August 23, 2019 by TracerAU 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupsi Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I asked the dealer to give me the 900 GT without side cases and to give me the side cases and the stays separately. I wanted to mount them myself (not that I don't trust the dealer 😉. The instruction booklet that comes with the side cases specifically states that the tiny screws on the lock must be thread locked - which I obviously did. It baffles me why dealers don't follow procedures. Hence the reason why I like to do most things myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel5 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Just dug out the mounting instructions for my panniers, obviously when I picked up the bike the panniers were on it so off I went! The pannier locks have to be coordinated with the ignition key which requires the removal of the two T10 tamper resistant screws, it specifically states "Always apply locking agent (loctite) when fastening the Torx screw" Mystery solved, Yamaha don`t apply Loctite because the dealer has to set them up with the ignition key! mine were tight but not Loctited, Pupsi is right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlambke19 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Checked mine on the weekend. They were tight AND it appeared that the dealership did put some blue Loctite on the screws, so not all dealerships are lazy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmark101 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 My local dealership is horrible. Bike had several assembly defects related to dealer prep, one of which caused me a huge headache and also revealed that the dealers service department is incompetent!!! There is nothing like spending a day riding with friends in the grip of a shared obsession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ddog gt Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Thrid post Krillz said T10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupsi Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 On 8/25/2019 at 4:10 PM, nigel5 said: Mystery solved, Yamaha don`t apply Loctite because the dealer has to set them up with the ignition key! mine were tight but not Loctited, Pupsi is right! The dealer doesn't have to set them up with the ignition key. The bike comes with two locks (placed under the seat) which are already set with the ignition key. All I had to do was fix the locks to the side cases. At least that's how it was with my bike. Perhaps it's done differently in different countries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASerio Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) just lost the left one due to vibration while riding.. just flew off... now i need to buy anouther one? or can it be used without the lock, just for transport (excluding safety on parking) (i was thinking on a method to turn the litle lock to the handle via top side withouth the key lock in it...) the bike i bought used, and the waranty expired 3 months ago. Edited December 28, 2020 by ASerio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pere Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Yes good call i checked mine one was loose the other side ok, both done now thankyou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilo3 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 If anyone runs into this, a side hit on the security pin with a punch and hammer will quickly turn the security torx into a plain old torx. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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