Torx Bolt Size

Grip Fast · Post by **Grip Fast** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 11:22 am

Anyone know the size of the torx bolts which hold the black plastic engine protector (3 bolts required) on an R1200S (and I'm sure other models)?

I confess to being useless at judging bolt sizes, and interweb searches have failed to identify the ones I want.

Thanks.

Grip Fast · Post by **Grip Fast** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 12:07 pm

Ah, looking at R1200S photographs, it seems they don't come with the plastic protectors that I have on mine (not that they would protect against more than the lightest of scrapes). That might explain why I can't find parts diagrams showing them.

Yesterday I was at a bike show with people selling loads of random bolts, including torx heads, and today I discover I need one.

Grip Fast · Post by **Grip Fast** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 12:58 pm

You learn something new every day. 5mm diag shank, 1mm thread pitch and 20mm length shank makes it an M5-1.0x20

Case closed...

Pete. · Post by **Pete.** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 2:45 pm

Grip Fast wrote:You learn something new every day. 5mm diag shank, 1mm thread pitch and 20mm length shank makes it an M5-1.0x20

Case closed...

5mm OD and 1mm pitch would be a VERY unusual thread, they are usually 0.8mm pitch.

nicholsonj2252 · Post by **nicholsonj2252** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 6:50 pm

http://www.rainbowbmw.com/BMWETK/Produc ... 703512.php

items 3 and 4

(so 2 @ M6 x 20 and 1 @ M6 x 25 per side , U1 so standard 1mm thread pitch , 8.8 references the strength specification)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A2-STAINLESS- ... BH8qfDqrpA

Grip Fast · Post by **Grip Fast** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 9:49 pm

Much appreciated, NicholsonJ.

Thanks.