Found a bolt

[GreyAngel]

G'day all! I found this bolt under the bike. The numbers on the head are 10.9 and 54885 (50/50 on that - it's very hard to make out). The bolt is slightly oily - very thing coat but clean. The bike is 2009 R6. Any ideas? The most helpful answer gets to hear funny story :)))))

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[Drew]

That is a cap screw. The numbers qualify what tensile strength it is.

I am gonna go out on a limb, and suggest you check the front sprocket cover bolts. Along with all the other side case bolts.

[pete-blen]

G'day all! I found this bolt under the bike.

well some people just have all the luck.... I only find oil puddles..:mad:

[Mom]

Wow, how old are those matches?

[Gremlin]

That is a cap screw. The numbers qualify what tensile strength it is.

I am gonna go out on a limb, and suggest you check the front sprocket cover bolts. Along with all the other side case bolts.
What he said, plus they're used for engine mounts etc. Size alone indicates they're not as simple as a fairing bolt.

[nzspokes]

Its the bolt that holds on your indicator fluid line.

[GreyAngel]

I found it on what where right side of the bike was (as in right when going forward - just making clear lol). The sprocket covers is all right - and they are slightly different colour. I looked around about three times - nothing obvious missing.

The matches are not that old - I just keep leaving them outside- they get wet. Then I need to leave them outside to dry them off!

Checked indicator fluid bolts - they are all ok, but they are 10.1 anyway not 10.9

[Road kill]

Don't worry about it,one of ya' mates, ya' Mrs or the dog put it there to mess wif ya' head.

I would:laugh:

[GreyAngel]

nah. no dog. mrs wouldn't know to do that and if I had any mates - I would ask them :)

[Drew]

Being M6, real tough, and oily, limits where it's from a bit.

Sump?

[Road kill]

nah. no dog. mrs wouldn't know to do that and if I had any mates - I would ask them :)

Ok,check all your controls,peg sets, brake connections,disc bolts ect ect.

Good luck,I've been there.

[Drew]

It's been in and out a lot, judging by the black wearing off.

Hmmm, the plot thickens.

Yer on your own. Good luck.

[russd7]

just stick it in the spare parts tin, if its important you should find out soon enough :niceone:

[GreyAngel]

and now it's too dark to keep looking.... the plot gets even thicker.....

[Drew]

and now it's too dark to keep looking.... the plot gets even thicker.....I notice new stuff every time I look at the pic.

Looks like it's had very little purchase wherever it was. 5/5mm by the look of wear on the thread.

So you now know that if it did fall out of your bike, it wasn't where it should have been in the first place.

Check the bolts that hold the seat on.

[BigAl]

Looks important, probably holding the pistons on.

[R650R]

I'd hazard a guess that its manifold cover bolt or maybe sump. A careless mechanic or previous owner dropped it during service into one of those nooks and crannies that trap bolts and fingers and thought F&*^ it, left it there and replaced it with another one. Over time its loosed from its perch and broke free!
I lost a whiteboard marker while servicing the 750, found half of it several rides later welded to the exhaust pipe!!!

[GreyAngel]

it could've been lights, the black came off roughly equally along the whole length at the top of the thread and there is a bit of balck came off on the bit after the thread and on the head itself - all aligned.... off to check the seat :)

[Madness]

Do you have a pack rack or similar fitted?

[GreyAngel]

Nope to pack rack. and Nope to seat bolts. What's interesting though is that seat bolts (all two are there) - head looks quite similar, but! they do not have any marking on the head, they look a lot more worn out - as in from being screwed and un-screwed, despite me never lifting the seat (yeah I know) so - they would have been only used 5-6 times and even then they look more worn then the one I am trying to find a home for!
Just noticed a bit of green/yellow paint on the head - tiny tiny splash off...

[Madness]

I don't reckon it's OEM. Forget about it. Then, later when your brakes fall off & you smash into a fish truck & die horribly, I'll post that I was wrong.

[AllanB]

It's a Suzuki bolt - fell off one and your front wheel flicked it into your lower fairing and it fell out when you parked.

[awa355]

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Just noticed a bit of green/yellow paint on the head - tiny tiny splash off...

The green/yellow paint probably indicates a vital modification done under a recall to ensure the brake disc doesn't fall off. Dont worry about it, :no: :no:

[Banditbandit]

just stick it in the spare parts tin, if its important you should find out soon enough :niceone:

Yeah - I'm with him ... if you can't find a missing bolt then you'll basically be alright ... Only worry if you start the bike and it makes strange noises ..


I lost a whiteboard marker while servicing the 750, found half of it several rides later welded to the exhaust pipe!!!

Far out .. what do you need a whiteboard marker for when servicing the 750? I use them all the time - but not to work on bikes with ...

[wysper]

Yeah - I'm with him ... if you can't find a missing bolt then you'll basically be alright ... Only worry if you start the bike and it makes strange noises ..



Far out .. what do you need a whiteboard marker for when servicing the 750? I use them all the time - but not to work on bikes with ...

Maybe to write on the fairing 'this bolt goes here' so he knows where the bolt goes. Then just wipes it off when finished. :2thumbsup

*edit - only valid if said bike actually has fairing.

[G4L4XY]

Maybe it's from the lawnmower? Now he's gotta check every single thing in his garage that would have bolts on it do'h

[bogan]

Yeh reckon that's dropped out of the fairing if you can't find anywhere else it should have been on the side covers.


Far out .. what do you need a whiteboard marker for when servicing the 750? I use them all the time - but not to work on bikes with ...

I use em all the time, got a vinyl checkerplate drawer you drop bolts or any parts on, then write where they came from with the whiteboard marker. Good for long jobs cos you just slide drawer in out of harms way, and come back to everything still being labeled and easy to assemble!

[Banditbandit]

I use sellotape to tape the bolts onto the things they hold on ... I do that after stripping and rebuilding a BSA engine and having seven bolts left over at the end ...

Strangely enough, nothing was wrong with the engine and I never did find out where those bolts went ...

[GreyAngel]

And the winner is .... <drum roll> radiator mount lol. The faith in kiwibiker is restored too - many very helpful suggestions lol

[awa355]

I knew it had something to do with the coolling system:banana::banana::banana:

That was going to be my next suggestion. :Oi:

[Old Steve]

I was going to say, throw it away in the rubbish bin. Then, the day after the garbos have been around and the bolt is gone forever, you'll find where it came from!

I write down the dimensions and grade of any bolts/nuts I find so I can get another one, then throw the botl or nut away. Trouble is, I keep losing the piece of paper I wrote the details down on.

[jellywrestler]

I write down the dimensions and grade of any bolts/nuts I find so I can get another one, then throw the botl or nut away. Trouble is, I keep losing the piece of paper I wrote the details down on. an old bolt makes a great paperweight so you dont lose the peice of paper you've written the bolt size on

[Old Steve]

an old bolt makes a great paperweight so you dont lose the peice of paper you've written the bolt size on

Ah, yes it does. But you never find out where the bolt is missing from until it's actually gone. I find that the process of writing down the bolt's details sometimes interferes with this process and I never find the missing bolt's location.

I did have a fallback selection of missing bolt standards - M6, M8 and M10 in lengths each 10 mm longer than the next. That way I could insert a bolt and say, I need an M6 5 mm shorter than 30 mm. There's usually more than one bolt that is the same, so I could redefine my bolt requirements along the lines of, an M6, 25 mm stainless steel socket head cap screw.

[neels]

Good work finding a home for it.

I hate bits left over, or worse finding bolt holes that used to have bolts in them. Never found the centrestand bolt that was missing from my bike, but the guy doing the last service on it did find the sunglasses I'd been looking for in the fairing :cool:

[varminter]

It's mine, my leg just fell off.

Signed: The Tin Man

[Erelyes]

Any ideas? The most helpful answer gets to hear funny story :)))))

Ooooh. Suspense.

[R650R]

Far out .. what do you need a whiteboard marker for when servicing the 750? I use them all the time - but not to work on bikes with ...

For writing down part numbers and stuff to order later. Interesting use by others here, I'm not quite as organised as them tho :)