2008 GS-A screen adjustment - is it really this difficult?

[tornadof3]

Hi all
Picked up a 2008 R1200GS-A last week, loving it so far. It has the large screen including the extra brace bar where sat navs etc are often mounted. It was quite difficult to adjust (I tried once and stopped unsuccessfully). I've then removed the screen by undoing the bolts where the knurled black knobs are, removing those, and undoing the 2x torx screws on the "sat nav" bar and tilted forward in order to fit a new sat nav. After putting it all back together, the screen still seems equally difficult to adjust.

If I loosen the knurled black knobs either side of the screen (which is tricky), manual says to 'push' or 'pull' the top of the screen. Well it doesn't seem to move. I've put a fair bit of force in and 'wiggled' and there seems no obvious way for it to move. Is it meant to be like this or should it be 'easy'? Any tips? Any videos of people adjusting theirs (couldn't see any on youtube)?

So either a) I've put the screen back together incorrectly or b) it is just difficult and I need to try harder
cheers

 

[Santa-2512]

The screen should pivot from the front small mounts, the area by the black adjuster should be a slot to allow this. Check real oem.com to see how the screen fits etc

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[Bobbin-Man]

You're probably not undoing the knobs enough to enable the clamping components to move, take a close look and you'll see what I mean.

 

[Bendy toy]

The adjustment fittings are handed with three “fingers” that align inner and outer parts. These of get mangled when not carefully assembled.
The knurled screws are about 50mm long more than enough to loosen considerably. The black fittings have to be lifted over the adjustment ridges. Make sure both sides are the same.
On my bike I liked the secondary screen support but hated the turbulence. No matter what angle and even with lifting brackets at the front (Tobinators) it was still spoiling the bike.
The Givi AF-330 screen solved the turbulence issues though sadly cannot use the support bar.

 

[tornadof3]

Thanks for these replies, suspect I've put the locking discs on the wrong side of the support bar, will take it apart and reassembly in the weekend daylight. RealOEM.com is a really useful site, hadn't met before. Cheers

 

[tornadof3]

So, looks like I did have one of the fittings on upside down and also the retaining nut on too tight. Works like a charm now. Thanks

For the benefit of anyone in the future, it was part number 5 in the diagram below (from RealOEM.com) that was upside down, and also the lock nut part 7 does not need to be done to maximum tightness.

 

[autogs]

parts 18 and 5 are also marked lh and rh