Can anyone please help? My bike's broken!

[bosslady]

All excellent advice, I'm going to go see my wee internet stalker (sorry Barry ) tonight to see what we can do. I wonder if I can get another dome nut like that from the bolt shop? There's no way the bolt that snapped off is going to come out of the original one... at least I don't think so. And and and it all has to match, you see!

[ducatilover]

No idea if it's Chinese or Japanese(?), does anyone know?

Yours is Chinese made

That's a piss poor design

The perfect chassis for a 600cc single then?
I must be a bit soft in the head

From the pics and what you've said the top shock mounts are part of the frame, so to completely replace them you'd need to remove them and weld new ones on.

The easiest option is probably to drill and thread a hole in the end of what's left and use a bolt to hold it all together, or alternatively drill right through and put a bolt from the inside if you want to keep the dome nut on the outside like it originally had.

^ wot 'e said. All you need is to keep the stepped part for the suspension bushing and some way of holding it on


Personally, I'd grind the welds off and get a new part turned up and welded in.

[bogan]

All excellent advice, I'm going to go see my wee internet stalker (sorry Barry ) tonight to see what we can do. I wonder if I can get another dome nut like that from the bolt shop? There's no way the bolt that snapped off is going to come out of the original one... at least I don't think so. And and and it all has to match, you see!

I don't think it will be a bolt, looks like they just put a thread on the same bit of (cheese) metal as the mount.

And it will match, both sides will be shit, same as any other GN (600s perhaps excluded)

[bosslady]

Personally, I'd grind the welds off and get a new part turned up and welded in.

Hmm I would prefer welded, but will see what can be done tonight. Even if it's just drilling through and putting a bolt through on the other end that will do for the short term until I can sort something better out, I think? I don't think he'd have anything to weld, but I could be wrong...

[bosslady]

.... will be shit, same as all GN's ...

Why, how rude!

[ducatilover]

Hmm I would prefer welded, but will see what can be done tonight. Even if it's just drilling through and putting a bolt through on the other end that will do for the short term until I can sort something better out, I think? I don't think he'd have anything to weld, but I could be wrong...

You could tap a hole down the mount and run a bolt in to it there?

Otherwise I'll give ya $500 for it

[bosslady]

I'll give ya $500 for it :bleh:

Piss off :laugh: Paid four times that for it, lol. But thanks for the offer ;)

[bosslady]

hmmm the smiley faces didn't work...

[neels]

I wonder if I can get another dome nut like that from the bolt shop? There's no way the bolt that snapped off is going to come out of the original one... at least I don't think so. And and and it all has to match, you see!

Bolt shop or maybe hardware shop will have dome nuts. Buy two so they match both sides, mismatched nuts/bolts really bug me too.

[bosslady]

Bolt shop or maybe hardware shop will have dome nuts. Buy two so they match both sides, mismatched nuts/bolts really bug me too.

Good idea. There's "The Bolt Shop" (or is it the "nut" shop?) in wairau/glenfield/whatever, I'm sure they would have something...

[unstuck]

Even if it is cheese(shit metal) still gonna be a prick to drill, espessially if its still on the bike.

Yeah, and I know I cant spell.

[ducatilover]

Piss off Paid four times that for it, lol. But thanks for the offer

Fine, keep your silly broken bike

[unstuck]

Piss off Paid four times that for it, lol. But thanks for the offer

Fuck, you actually paid someone money for it.

[Laava]

No real need to over think this....http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...oken-bolt-Help

Now come on Mark, how are we going to get to 4 pages with this type of attitude!
Internet Damsel flutters her pixelated lashes and whispers "Hayelp" a few times
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[bogan]

Nobody told me she was a damsel, I'll get me tool out... to er... help?