I need a screw....

[khunpaul]

Before the moderator deletes this, I really do need a screw or at least a bolt.

The dealer gave me a very new tank bag for the new 2014 RT WC but the deal is that I need to give him the bolt that came out of the front of the fuel tank because the tank bag bracket bolt has an extra spacer.

This is fine until I want to sell or not use the bag. The photos attached are of the screw before returning it to dealer.

Anybody got one lying around?

 

[Annette]

Was the bag FOC? Did they take it off another bike that has been sold without it and are too tight to buy another screw? I don't get why you have to give him the bolt.

Also, I'm sure your dealer could sell you one.

 

[khunpaul]

Yes, FoC from a very recent trade-in. They claim not to have one to replace. I would be happy to buy one if so.

 

[TonyBBMW]

FFS! that's a lot of a work for a 5p bolt! Trouble is it's a wide shank with a torx head... BMW specific. I'd be tempted to give the dealer a shiny 10p and tell him to order one from a BMW dealership that knows what it's doing, he can keep the change for his efforts!

 

[DC]

jeeez if they are now cutting corners so fine they can't afford the bolts …..what will the next generation of RTs be like ?

Surely ANY dealerships workshop will have a few nuts and bolts lying around …..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Torx-Head-Bolt-Screw-Washer-M6x1-00x25-mm-1460752-/170969587818?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27ce94e06a

 

[TonyBBMW]

FFS! that's a lot of a work for a 5p bolt! Trouble is it's a wide shank with a torx head... BMW specific. I'd be tempted to give the dealer a shiny 10p and tell him to order one from a BMW dealership that knows what it's doing, he can keep the change for his efforts!

We had better put the cost up to 15p, I've just realised it's stainless... as I fished around with a magnet in the bottom of the oil drainer!

 

[Bendy toy]

For the cost of one special bolt from BMW it sounds like a cheap tank bag to me.