12mm Engine Mounting Bolts
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 5:31 pm
The two 12mm engine mounting bolts (the ones that screw into the pear nuts) on my Z900A4 don't seem to be fitted correctly.
In both cases there is no spring washer under the bolt head but instead each has a thick chrome plated washer. These washers are 1" dia x 1\4" thick and, as best as I can tell with the exhaust on, means I don't get a full nut when tightening them up.
The parts manual shows just a spring washer (461F1200), no plain washer of any thickness.
Pretty easy to rectify but before I simply swap the thick washers for spring washers I thought I'd better check they've not been installed for a reason - what has everyone else got?
The other quirk is that the parts manual shows the 71mm bolt on the left and the 56mm bolt on the right but I think it's the other way round.
In fact I think there are a few left/right errors as the full length engine mounting bolts are shown on the left, and the KHI shop manual says to install from the left, but I've only ever seen the long bolts installed from the right.
In both cases there is no spring washer under the bolt head but instead each has a thick chrome plated washer. These washers are 1" dia x 1\4" thick and, as best as I can tell with the exhaust on, means I don't get a full nut when tightening them up.
The parts manual shows just a spring washer (461F1200), no plain washer of any thickness.
Pretty easy to rectify but before I simply swap the thick washers for spring washers I thought I'd better check they've not been installed for a reason - what has everyone else got?
The other quirk is that the parts manual shows the 71mm bolt on the left and the 56mm bolt on the right but I think it's the other way round.
In fact I think there are a few left/right errors as the full length engine mounting bolts are shown on the left, and the KHI shop manual says to install from the left, but I've only ever seen the long bolts installed from the right.