Stupid Question? Loose Horncast

vwgrl1999 · Post by **vwgrl1999** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:21 am

Hey all,
Can someone tell me how to tighten up my horncast? It's loose and pulled away from the legsheild at the top and for the life of me, I can't seem to figure out how to get it back into place!

Thanks in advance.

az_slynch · Post by **az_slynch** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:26 am

There is one screw behind the Genuine logo on the top of the horn cast, and there are two more screws inside the glove box, on either side of the steering column. They're at about the same level of the turn signals.

When looking at the Genuine logo, I believe that if you use a thin blade down the right hand edge and carefully pry outward, you should be able to remove it without breaking it.

Lokky · Post by **Lokky** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:28 pm

az_slynch wrote: When looking at the Genuine logo, I believe that if you use a thin blade down the right hand edge and carefully pry outward, you should be able to remove it without breaking it.

Yes I can confirm that the correct way is pushing on the right side of the logo while looking at the front of the bike. Doing it from the other side will snap it.

It's weird for that screw to have come loose tho, it may have stripped the fastener.

BuddyRaton · Post by **BuddyRaton** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:17 pm

Loctite (blue) is your friend!

vwgrl1999 · Post by **vwgrl1999** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:16 pm

Thanks everybody!

I got the horncast off w/o breaking the Genuine logo piece that covers that third screw! Once I had that off I could immediately see that the problem was not that the fitting was stripped but that the fitting had come away from it's square shaped hole in the legshield. Kind of wishing I had taken pics. Anyhow, I unscrewed it from the screw and put it back into it's hole and then put the whole thing back together. Done inside of 10 minutes!

The top is not flush w/the legshield, which bothers me and probably means that I will be doing this procedure quite often as that fitting is pulled loose by the tension. I noticed that there are square shaped holes on either side of the one that contains the fitting for the 'logo screw.' Two extra holes in all. It's got me thinking, I'm wondering if I can come up w/some way to use them to help secure the horncast.

fisher1 · Post by **fisher1** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 7:14 pm

You should be able to find a replacement for the nylon fitting that goes into the square shaped hole at a local auto parts store. Sometime the 2 flanges on the side of them either break off or become tired.

double-o-soul · Post by **double-o-soul** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 12:12 am

also: those two side holes accomodate the old school p series horncasts which are much less boxy in my opinion... scooter mercato carries them, though you have to rig it up a bit.