Posts: 204
Threads: 11
Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: May 2018
Reviving an old thread, first I have to say this thread is really helpful. When I have been reading about the various case guards to buy for my new EX, others have wondered why the SW Motech guards came with the 2 long bolts and they have dismissed them as unnecessary and they have just reused the stock bolts. It's great that 2017EX asked and got the answer. Beyond that, my case guards were delivered today so they will go on tonight after work. I did loosen the mounting bolts this morning and the left downtube nuts were staggeringly tight. So tight that it took an extended breaker bar to loosen them. I definitely recommend not using a 12 point socket on these if yours are also this tight. Way tighter than the recommended 36 ft/lbs. In contrast, the right downtube mount nuts were probably tightened from the factory to spec. The longer single bolt nuts also felt about in spec which is 44 ft/lbs.
Posts: 3,881
Threads: 115
Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Apr 2013
Loosen the nuts , not the bolts .
Posts: 389
Threads: 45
Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Jun 2017
Apex1, Glad the post was of help. I have no doubt you will be very pleased with the SW Motech bars. I always use 6 point sockets and wrenches for everything I do on my bikes, unless there is some unforeseen and compelling reason to use 12 points.
Posts: 204
Threads: 11
Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: May 2018
(06-22-2018, 09:42 AM)Houtman_imp Wrote: Loosen the nuts , not the bolts .
I did
Posts: 54
Threads: 6
Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Oct 2013
Any suggestions on how to remove the bolt and nut which are on the frame tube? When I try loosening the nut it just rotates on the bolt - I'm suspecting that the threads on the nut are shot.
I'm trying to install the sw-motech guards and am not able to take this one bolt and nut off.
Posts: 519
Threads: 23
Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Aug 2016
Are you able to get a wrench on the bolt head?
Ben
Posts: 8,027
Threads: 21
Likes Received: 180 in 103 posts
Likes Given: 124
Joined: Apr 2025
As Ben is saying, the proper way to remove the bolt is to hold the bolt head with one wrench or socket and use another on the nut. Hold bolt steady and turn the nut.
Or are you doing that and the nut is just spinning but not coming off?
Posts: 54
Threads: 6
Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Oct 2013
I'm able to get a socket wrench on the bolt head and a spanner on the nut. The bolt is rotating within the nut. But isn't moving axially - so neither getting tight or loose.
Posts: 519
Threads: 23
Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Aug 2016
sounds like it might be time for a nut splitter.
Ben
Posts: 2,635
Threads: 125
Likes Received: 1 in 1 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Jun 2016
Agreed- but odd.
I feel something else is going on here.
I'm not in front of my bike- but are you sure your socket sizes are correct and not stripped / worn internally?
I don't remember on the CB (but will be replacing my damaged Motech soon)- but remember not all nuts/bolts are the same size on both ends. Example- I was just working on my car and it took an 18mm on one end and a 17mm on the other.
