Salish900 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Hi Folks, I'm installing the Givi TN2139 engine guards on my bike and there is a bolt on the left side rear that holds on the shift lever. The bolt must be removed to install the guards. The bolt came loose with some persuasion, but now it just spins and spins with some tightness and does not come off! It's like it is stripped, but that's impossible as it has never been removed. Any ideas of what is going on with this specific bolt? I'm pointing to it with the allen wrench. How do I get the darn thing off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted March 26, 2021 Supporting Member Share Posted March 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, Salish900 said: Hi Folks, I'm installing the Givi TN2139 engine guards on my bike and there is a bolt on the left side rear that holds on the shift lever. The bolt must be removed to install the guards. The bolt came loose with some persuasion, but now it just spins and spins with some tightness and does not come off! It's like it is stripped, but that's impossible as it has never been removed. Any ideas of what is going on with this specific bolt? I'm pointing to it with the allen wrench. How do I get the darn thing off? That goes all the way through to the other side, it is a long rod with threads on both ends. **EDIT** I'm not sure if the stock rod is threaded on both ends, when I got my case guards they supplied a rod that was threaded on both ends. 3 ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salish900 Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 16 minutes ago, betoney said: That goes all the way through to the other side, it is a long rod with threads on both ends. Well damn, I'm a fool! Thanks @betoney! Back to work... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwringer Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 LOL, I just did this too! Took me an embarrasing amount of time to find the nut on the other end... The Givi directions are absolutely maddening; in this case, they use a little pictogram of a fairly normal short bolt, with no mention that it's a really, really long bolt and there's a nut on the other end. I also slightly damaged the long bolt tapping it out and had to clean up the threads a bit. A new bolt was less than $6 from my Yammie parts peddler. Red 2015 FJ-09, among other things. Co-Host of The Riding Obsession, a Sport-Touring Motorcycling Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salish900 Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 6 hours ago, bwringer said: Took me an embarrasing amount of time to find the nut on the other end. Yep, when I first approached this I didn't even consider that bolt could be going through to the other side, as other than axle bolts what else does? When I put it back in I coated it with ACF 50 as it seemed a low grade of steel and I couldn't tell how much it was exposed to the elements down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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