1 Replacing side cover grommets (donut rubbers) Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:50 pm
werewasi
Platinum member
Remove engine.
If you are cannabalising rubbers off another bike, get behind them and PUSH them out - if you grab them from the front and pull, chances are you will just break them in half.
Smear vaseline around the groove. Thin side goes to inner.
If doing LHS rear of K100, remove tool box. Get the grommet and bend, and try and get the start of the groove into metal frame hole. Then try and get more in (a bit like getting a tyre on a rim.) Reach around to back and gently grab the back part of the grommet and work it through.
With RHS you can just lift the seat because there is plenty of space behind the hole.
If you are not putting in NEW grommets, the old ones need to be handled carefully. Rubber ages
Replace engine
If you are cannabalising rubbers off another bike, get behind them and PUSH them out - if you grab them from the front and pull, chances are you will just break them in half.
Smear vaseline around the groove. Thin side goes to inner.
If doing LHS rear of K100, remove tool box. Get the grommet and bend, and try and get the start of the groove into metal frame hole. Then try and get more in (a bit like getting a tyre on a rim.) Reach around to back and gently grab the back part of the grommet and work it through.
With RHS you can just lift the seat because there is plenty of space behind the hole.
If you are not putting in NEW grommets, the old ones need to be handled carefully. Rubber ages
Replace engine
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K100RS 1983 and 1986 (bought a 2nd and put them both together in a dark garage thinking that i would get a heap of parts from the progeny but nothing happened- think they're gay)
1985 K75, Guzzi V7 Special, 1986 GB500, 1974 T500, 1986 MB5 with the whoppa 100cc engine transplant, NC 700 SA Honda, two 1986 Kawasaki BR250s