I am sure that others may know this already but while a friend and I were working on his kit car, in our drive, this afternoon he noted that there was a broken pivot bolt on my R1100S that was parked up alongside where we were working. I had not noticed the problem when operating the stand.
Seems, from a quick Google, that this is a common problem particularly on the RHS (where mine had cracked and failed). The bolt effectively fails at the point at which the thread starts in the pivot trunion.
A quick fix; new bolts both side and a new trunion on the RHS as the tail of the failed bolt wasn't for moving
Maybe worth a regular check if you weren't already do this.
Found your thread whilst looking for the torque setting of the rhs bolt. I'm working away from home and do the have any of the info. Could anyone tell me what the torque should be? Ta!
Parping my way along... Actually yes, I do blow my own trumpet.
Centre stand to main frame according to manual is 42Nm , presumably both sides.
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1999 R1100s (mandarin) '
2018 DL 250V Strom
2019 CB125F Honda.
MZ301 Saxon Fun ( currently retired)
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