Went to move the bike this morning, and noticed it was a bit quiet comming of the centre stand.
Upon checking, the centre stand seemed sluggish to return.
Firrst thought was lubrication, second springs
i had a quick butchers, and even worse the bolt holding the stand in place was missing.
A quick cable tie later got me to work , and 30 mins on realoem got the relevant parts identified and ordered.
I hedged my bets and went all out and ordered a new bolt, bush, o rings and pivot bearing.
As i left work, i noticed an object in the middle of the bike lane -
The missing bolt from the stand ... clearly sheared off.
I was running through the reasons for the sieze on the way home and concluded that the pivot & bearing
had lost lubrication and seized, and in doing so had passed the rotational force to the bolt which had in turn sheared off.
When i got home and had a look, this is what i found
The bolt has sheared inside the pivot bearing, not where i'd expect the load to be,
closer examination of the bolt confirms that it has been turning on the threads nearest the chamfer, as they are flattened.
looking at the pivot bearing it was not siezed, and could be turned and removed by hand, the o rings were in place and it still
has lubricant evident on it.
The next thing to see is , is the bearing still in the stand, or was one ever fitted?
The repair cd says use suitable tools to pull it out, anyone got any ideas what to use ??
or will it push out from the other side with a screwdriver.??
Im going to write to the mothership and ask if this is a known failure, and ask, nay demand they start a recall campaign.
clearly this is a unexpected event which will require the tosser investigation team to be assembled !
Upon checking, the centre stand seemed sluggish to return.
Firrst thought was lubrication, second springs
i had a quick butchers, and even worse the bolt holding the stand in place was missing.
A quick cable tie later got me to work , and 30 mins on realoem got the relevant parts identified and ordered.
I hedged my bets and went all out and ordered a new bolt, bush, o rings and pivot bearing.
As i left work, i noticed an object in the middle of the bike lane -
The missing bolt from the stand ... clearly sheared off.
I was running through the reasons for the sieze on the way home and concluded that the pivot & bearing
had lost lubrication and seized, and in doing so had passed the rotational force to the bolt which had in turn sheared off.
When i got home and had a look, this is what i found
The bolt has sheared inside the pivot bearing, not where i'd expect the load to be,
closer examination of the bolt confirms that it has been turning on the threads nearest the chamfer, as they are flattened.
looking at the pivot bearing it was not siezed, and could be turned and removed by hand, the o rings were in place and it still
has lubricant evident on it.
The next thing to see is , is the bearing still in the stand, or was one ever fitted?
The repair cd says use suitable tools to pull it out, anyone got any ideas what to use ??
or will it push out from the other side with a screwdriver.??
Im going to write to the mothership and ask if this is a known failure, and ask, nay demand they start a recall campaign.
clearly this is a unexpected event which will require the tosser investigation team to be assembled !
