bmw touring shield

tkm · Post by **tkm** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:44 am

I ended up cutting down a ball end hex wrench(out of a set from kragen), sticking the long end into the appropriate socket wrench then using a short extension and a flexible head ratchet to work on those windshield bolts. A little medium strength loctite on the threads keeps them in place, works like a charm.......tkm

Post by **rdsmith3** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:38 am

Here are some tips for the touring screen bracket bolts.

First, make sure the bolts are long enough. I forget the length (40 mm?) but for some reason the bolts that I got with the touring screen were shorter than the ones that came with the fly screen. The fly screen ones were 5 mm longer, so I used those and they stay in much better.

Second, you absolutely must have a good ball end hex wrench. I attached a pair of Facom lock-grip pliers to the ball end wrench. The Facom pliers are much better than vice grips. You can get some good torque with this set up.
http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp ... &SKU=FT51L

NHighCotton · Post by **NHighCotton** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:32 pm

rdsmith3 wrote:Here are some tips for the touring screen bracket bolts.

First, make sure the bolts are long enough. I forget the length (40 mm?) but for some reason the bolts that I got with the touring screen were shorter than the ones that came with the fly screen. The fly screen ones were 5 mm longer, so I used those and they stay in much better.

Second, you absolutely must have a good ball end hex wrench. I attached a pair of Facom lock-grip pliers to the ball end wrench. The Facom pliers are much better than vice grips. You can get some good torque with this set up.
http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp ... &SKU=FT51L

I used a 3/8 box end wrench to go around the lower end of the allen wrench as leverage and haven't had a problem. I could see where a shorter bolt could be an issue.
As mentioned, a little sealer or loc-tite would also help.

johno · Post by **johno** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:48 pm

When you are talking sport screen, do you meen the speedster BMW screen?
I had one of those, and found over 110ks, it put too much pressure on my neck.
I have a Givi now, and it is better than the speedster, but not perfect.