Re: Stripped torx bolt holding mirror

Ah well, looking at it from the outside I thought it was the bolt but now I
see that it's the nut (10 in the diagram). That diagram should really show
two 10s per mirror, as there are two bolts that need nuts.

And yes, one of them is a silver allen nut. But the other (on my bike) is a
gold-colored torx nut! And a stripped one at that. I wonder if this is
something someone crammed on there after the wreck.

Erik


On 3/9/06, Jim Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Erik Weber wrote:
> > I was not able to remove my mirror (2001 SV-S) because the torx bolt (o=
r
> > whatever you call that star-shaped bolt) won't turn. It is stripping
> even
> > with the (seemingly) correct sized bit.
> >
> > Why the hell didn't they just use two allen bolts instead of a torx bol=
t
> > next to an allen bolt? What purpose does that serve?
> >
>
> Erik, do you mean the *nut* that holds the mirror on?  I'm confused.
>
> On all the '01 and '02 SVSs I've seen (mine included) the two nuts on eac=
h
> side
> are 6mm allen, sort of "top hat" shaped.
>
> If you have a torx nut and an allen nut, the question is "who put that
> damn
> thing there?"
>
> Here's the microfiche from Ronayers.com: http://tinyurl.com/p2eyu - the
> allen
> nuts are item 10 (but they don't look like the drawing).  The studs are
> part of
> the mirror, as you can see, but they can be removed from the mirror body
> with a
> 3mm allen wrench.  You don't need to remove them to remove the mirror fro=
m
> the bike.
>
> -js
>
>
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> Jim Stewart
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