UK Monster Owners Club Forum - View Single Post - OK, I'm fed up; the sidecover rubber hats/nuts

spuggy · 11-07-2020, 11:27 PM

Thanks guys!

I picked up a set of Rawl well nuts on Flea Bay. At first I was confused - as they didn't look anything like the ones on the bike. But I located pictures of the actual Ducati part (identical), and they didn't either.

Eventually it dawned that some PO had tightened them up far too tight, deforming the rubber beyond its ability to recover (or do anything useful), and also exposing threadd to the elements to get cruddy and cause problems...

Awkward little suckers to fit eh? Ended up lubing them, screwing in the bolt from the wrong side and pulling them through - once or twice all the way through, lol..

Replaced the corroded bolts with stainless button-heads, nipped them up until the rubber just deformed and the cover wasn't going anywhere - perfect...

11-07-2020, 11:27 PM	#4
spuggy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Farnborough Bike: M900sie Posts: 171	Thanks guys! I picked up a set of Rawl well nuts on Flea Bay. At first I was confused - as they didn't look anything like the ones on the bike. But I located pictures of the actual Ducati part (identical), and they didn't either. Eventually it dawned that some PO had tightened them up far too tight, deforming the rubber beyond its ability to recover (or do anything useful), and also exposing threadd to the elements to get cruddy and cause problems... Awkward little suckers to fit eh? Ended up lubing them, screwing in the bolt from the wrong side and pulling them through - once or twice all the way through, lol.. Replaced the corroded bolts with stainless button-heads, nipped them up until the rubber just deformed and the cover wasn't going anywhere - perfect...