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Hi Guys,
Further to my topic re cosmetic damage incurred as a result of a low speed accident back in mid Nov.
I reported that the RH silencer had suffered denting and scratching. Well I finally got round to having a look at the problem in more detail. It occurred to me that I could swap the silencers from side to side thus hiding the damage. (Anything to save up to £300 for a new pair!!).
I had read on this forum that problems could be encountered undoing the brackets due to the captive nut coming loose and just spinning round. As it happens I have a spare pair of standard silencers that were given me when I bought the bike back in May '03 and which I had never even taken out of the box. They had been removed in order that TOR's could be fitted. So out they came and lo and behold I had a prime example of the problem, one of the bolts had had to be angle ground off to enable the removal of the bracket.
Now I come to the nitty gritty of my post. Is there any way of securing the once "captive" nut so that the remains of the bolt can be removed?
I have had a couple of thoughts,
Tack weld the insert to the metal of the silencer to stop it spinning round.
Drill a small hole between the metal of the silencer and insert so as to enable a pin to be placed thus locking the insert. I don't know if this is a very clear explanation so I hope you get the drift.
Any thoughts would be most welcome, so over to you!
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