I've noticed that often parts dropped in and around the gauge cluster area seem to jump into another dimension. Last night I was trying a different bulb in my temp/fuel gauge when I fumbled and let the machine screw drop. It sounds just like a game of Plinko but the screw didn't come out :head bang:
This isn't the first time parts have jumped dimensions on me here so I wasn't totally surprised. After extensive looking, prodding, compressed air blasting, and magnet wielding I decided out of desperation to use a pop rivet as a sacrifice. On the third time playing plinko it too disappeared in front of my eyes and I was none the wiser. Next I used a large chrome nut and tried terribly hard to keep track of where it went but again it disappeared out of sight.
At this point, after having dropped all these parts somewhere in the bike I had no choice but to pull the seat, lower fairing, shelter, air box, carb covers :rant:
I eventually found the pop rivet and the nut but the machine screw is now an offering to mother Honda. 3 hours later I'm back to where I started. I'm going to magnetize my screwdriver and start to hunt for a source of metric screws. :head bang:
Jorg
This isn't the first time parts have jumped dimensions on me here so I wasn't totally surprised. After extensive looking, prodding, compressed air blasting, and magnet wielding I decided out of desperation to use a pop rivet as a sacrifice. On the third time playing plinko it too disappeared in front of my eyes and I was none the wiser. Next I used a large chrome nut and tried terribly hard to keep track of where it went but again it disappeared out of sight.
At this point, after having dropped all these parts somewhere in the bike I had no choice but to pull the seat, lower fairing, shelter, air box, carb covers :rant:
I eventually found the pop rivet and the nut but the machine screw is now an offering to mother Honda. 3 hours later I'm back to where I started. I'm going to magnetize my screwdriver and start to hunt for a source of metric screws. :head bang:
Jorg