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Tpoppa
Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 08:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Dealer stripped the threads on the Primary Chain inspection cover on my 03 xb9s.

If anyone knows of an XB primary cover for sale, let me know.
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Buelluk
Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 08:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Get the dealer to replace it if one of their ham-fisted techs did the damage
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Tpoppa
Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 09:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thats exactly what happened. I am trying to get them to replace it...we'll see.

Backup plan is to buy one (not from that dealer), and install it myself so I know the work is done correctly.
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Reepicheep
Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 - 09:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I had two primary cover bolts, and two derby cover bolts strip out as well.

I have *never* put them on without a torque wrench, and never ham fisted anything, and they stripped out anyway. It's just soft aluminum, and I have probably had that stupid primary cover off 15 times.

Granted, the chain inspection cover is a tough one to explain stripping, but stuff happens, it could have been a relatively honest mistake.
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Buelluk
Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 10:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Doesn't matter whether the mistake was honest or not, they did the damage , they should replace ..shouldn't be a matter of 'trying' to get the to !!
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Reepicheep
Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 01:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hee Hee. You must be new around here : )

The dealer can, by in large, screw you over very effectively if they so choose, regardless of if they are right or wrong. Pick your battles (and your dealers) carefully.

I could go on about the issues I have had with dealers. I've won some, I've lost most. Are you willing to take it to court and spend 100 hours of your time and $2000 in fees to resolve a technical problem that could be fixed with a $15 heli-coil kit and 30 minutes?

It's none of my business though, and it's hard to imagine an innocent mistake stripping the chain inspection cover bolts. But the more I work on my bike, being careful and methodical, but still having "stuff happen", the more slack I am willing to cut the average dealer mechanic. They should still try and make it right, but I should try and be reasonably flexible in my solution domain.

But again, it's none of my business.
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Buelluk
Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 02:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It's none of my business either..but advising somebody to rollover when it was clearly somebody else's mistake is incorrect , and as far as average is concerned ...average what ...intelligence level , forearm power.

..and no ,I am not particularly new here, the way I look at it is if you let them have too much slack in the first place ..the slacker they get
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