Triumphrat

banjobart · 01-17-2006

I noticed my 2005 Speedmaster chain guard had two different fasteners when changing the sprocket recently. I do not know why this is the case but it is dumb two different use wrenches to remove it.

I bought two matching socket head cap screws at the local hardware. Now I can remove the chain guard as well as the seat with the tool kit that came with the bike (a 5mm allen wrench).

jeffrey1 · 01-17-2006

What you got a tool kit????? LOL

ssjones · 01-17-2006

I swapped in a pair of same-size stainless (polished them) allen-head fasteners. Next up, that crazy torx bolt for the battery strap....

tba-golfer · 01-17-2006

Idiot confession time: One of the few mods I've entrusted myself to at this point was to change the original change guard from standard to chrome. I ASSUMED there was some beyond-my-comprehension engineering reasoning behind the two different fastener head sizes. I am to a fault naive, trusting and unquestioning when it comes to the mechanical world. Which is one of the reasons this site is so enriching.
So, why would the Triumph brain trust design the chain guard application like this? It's not like they're selling Triumph only branded tool sets. Doesn't there need to be some sort of engineering/safety reasoning behind it? Inquiring minds would like to know.
Thanks,
Scott

bennybmn · 01-18-2006

A lot of stuff on our bikes are two different size fasteners. The two sides of each axel for one... So you don't need to have TWO 12mm allen heads to remove it. BUT! Why the chain guard? It's one of those things you can do one at a time, so I have NO idea. Real random.

ssjones, I am pretty sure the battery strap bolt, along with almost all the side cover/cheese grater bolts are the same thread, and the same as the chain guard.

ssjones · 01-18-2006

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On 2006-01-18 17:04, bennybmn wrote:

ssjones, I am pretty sure the battery strap bolt, along with almost all the side cover/cheese grater bolts are the same thread, and the same as the chain guard.

I think it probably is, just one of those things I haven't got around to yet.

bennybmn · 01-19-2006

Get a round tuit?

I have no problems with the torx bits myself, kinda like em actually, but some nice stainless rounded (button head?) bolts would clean a lot of things up.