Removing mirrors

[dst1]

Just about to send my 916 Bodywork off to HR racetech for a re spray.....:D

Only trouble.. how do the rear view mirror come off the nose cone.

They appear to have two pins that push through onto some sort of bracket....help......:puzzled:

[Harv748]

Yep...and between those two pins is a screw...small allen key needed...size of which escapes me now, but undoo the screw then pull/twist the mirror off (pins pull out with the mirror).

2 second job.

[Edited on 20-2-2006 by Harv748]

[dst1]

Thanks Harv.

Mine appears to be a Hex nut, Its amazing what you notice when you open your eyes, I must have been half asleep.

Any other funnys I may encounter with bodywork removal that you could kindly tell me about...?

[Harv748]

Not really...straight forward.

Remove the two screws from underneath the nose cone, and off it comes.

Remove the 2 dezus from underneath the fairings, and then the 4 from each side and then just take it away.

As for the seat, lift it up, unclip the wiring loom at the join, remove the rubber 'pitail' from the 'top-hat' stoppers and then remove them.

Seat comes off.

[Edited on 20-2-2006 by Harv748]

[antonye]

Buy a Haynes manual (http://tinyurl.com/bamvo) ;)

[dst1]

I got a haynes manual but being thick I did not understand there terminology...sorry....:lol:

[dave996]

R U posting these up to Lincoln?
I've got a bottom left to send but I'm looking at giving it to Rob748b.
Give me a shout on me moblie and lets see if we can sort something out:smug:

u2u

[dst1]

Yes I will be sending them via carrier, Dave wants them for March 4th

[dave996]

If you can get your fairings to me today or tomorrow before 12 o'clock then I can get them to Dave by Friday...save you a packet in postage.

[dst1]

Thats very kind of you Dave but I will not be ready by then.

My Wife has use of DHL so It wont cost me a thing.

Well other than the bi weekly leg over and a take away curry.......:lol:

[JPM]

Originally posted by dst1

My Wife has use of DHL so It wont cost me a thing.



Wash your mouth out!!!

Shouldn't you be using Speed Couriers? I'm scared not too!

[dave996]

No worries fella.....enjoy your curry:D

[nelly]

The mirror screws should be a brass shear screw. If you have a conventional bolt in there, replace it with the OE one.
Reason being, if the mirror takes a knok, the screw shears and the mirror pops off. If there's a conventional bolt in there, it won't snap so either the mirror support will or even worse the headlight bucket....................;)

[dst1]

Speed courier...who...does Dave prefer them...:lol:

Hi Nelly, yes they are shear hex bolts in the mirrors

[moto748]

Originally posted by nelly
The mirror screws should be a brass shear screw. If you have a conventional bolt in there, replace it with the OE one.
Reason being, if the mirror takes a knock, the screw shears and the mirror pops off. If there's a conventional bolt in there, it won't snap so either the mirror support will or even worse the headlight bucket....................;)


Wot nelly said, plus...

Another thing about those brass screws is that they wear easily, so buy a good quality allen key to remove them. In the past, despite using an allen of the correct nominal size, I've managed to round the hexagon. If you do that, removing them becomes a real problem.

Having said all that, they are worth persisting with, for the reasons nelly says above. If you catch a mirror on the gate-post, you'll be glad you did!