Lets play "what fell off my Stella"
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Lets play "what fell off my Stella"
Yesterday upon returning home from work I kickied Argyle up on it's center stand and heard the "tink tink" of metal on concrete. I found this piece laying under my scoot. I looked under it and couldnt discern where it came from.
Does anybody know?
whatizzit?
Safe to still ride?
Does anybody know?
whatizzit?
Safe to still ride?
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Hi,
I think you'll find that is one of the two brackets securing your centre stand to the scoot.
If I'm correct, the bolts that hold the stand on (and should pass through that bracket), pass through the the scooter floor just underneath & behind where your feet rest when you're riding.
Gently try to pull the bolts up through the floor - if the come out, or at least feel loose, then the nuts have unscrewed underneath and fallen off and consequently so has the bracket you're holding in the picture.
Check the tightness of the bracket on the other side and get that bracket bolted on ASAP
The upside is that you haven't lost the bracket, so you'll only need two washers and nuts to bolt it back on
I think you'll find that is one of the two brackets securing your centre stand to the scoot.
If I'm correct, the bolts that hold the stand on (and should pass through that bracket), pass through the the scooter floor just underneath & behind where your feet rest when you're riding.
Gently try to pull the bolts up through the floor - if the come out, or at least feel loose, then the nuts have unscrewed underneath and fallen off and consequently so has the bracket you're holding in the picture.
Check the tightness of the bracket on the other side and get that bracket bolted on ASAP
The upside is that you haven't lost the bracket, so you'll only need two washers and nuts to bolt it back on
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Ill always put the nylon locking nutz on those bolts. . Forget the flat washers and regular nuts.
Good luck
Good luck
J H
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I really like the look of nylon lock stainless nuts on a show worthy bike..slotrod65 wrote:I have replaced almost every externally views nut/bolt/screw with chrome or stainless steel, with Nylocs and split washers all around. The last thing I need to do is lose a $3.00 nut followed by a $1.50 washer and the $3.00 bolt... Ah, the price of beauty.
Beauty and function!
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Chrome gets expensive! I bought a rear rack that was missing the mounting hardware pretty cheap. I couldn't bring myself to put ugly nuts and bolts on it, so I ended up spending almost as much as I saved to buy chrome hardware.slotrod65 wrote:I have replaced almost every externally views nut/bolt/screw with chrome or stainless steel, with Nylocs and split washers all around. The last thing I need to do is lose a $3.00 nut followed by a $1.50 washer and the $3.00 bolt... Ah, the price of beauty.
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Amen to this. I put chrome hardware on my moped restorations. I bought chrome bolts, washers and "bullet" acorn nuts for my FA Italia rims. Nothing like bolting $75 worth of hardware onto $120 worth of rims. Looked sharp as hell in person; I'll do it again once I get my 4T!jrstone wrote:Chrome gets expensive! I bought a rear rack that was missing the mounting hardware pretty cheap. I couldn't bring myself to put ugly nuts and bolts on it, so I ended up spending almost as much as I saved to buy chrome hardware.slotrod65 wrote:I have replaced almost every externally views nut/bolt/screw with chrome or stainless steel, with Nylocs and split washers all around. The last thing I need to do is lose a $3.00 nut followed by a $1.50 washer and the $3.00 bolt... Ah, the price of beauty.
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Seriously...I've lost count...
Seven mopeds ...that's still manageable...
Seriously...I've lost count...
Seven mopeds ...that's still manageable...