Windscreen wellnuts mounted backwards by the dealer.
While removing the windshield, I inadvertently pushed one of the lower well nuts into the fairing housing - lost forever in the sea of plastic (or at least until I need to disassemble the fairing). I went to the local Honda store to get a replacement and was pleasantly surprised to find they had them in stock (same as some other Honda sport bikes).
While looking at the remaining 3 wellnuts while installing the new one, I noticed that all three had been installed backwards by the dealer. Not only did that make it way more likely that it would push through the mounting point and fall into the fairing, it actually makes the wellnuts very ineffective in actually securing the windshield correctly.
The nuts should be installed with the rubber flange face closest to the screw, and the metal threaded piece furtherest away from the screw. In the correct arrangement, tightening the screw compresses the well nut and makes it expand in the center. It is this expansion that holds the screen correctly.
When installed backwards, the screw thread in the wellnut is closest to the screw and tightening in this arrangements does not cause the rubber to expand to hold the screen.
Additionally, when installed correctly with the flange towards the front of the bike, it is much much less likely that the wellnut will be inadvertently pushed through the mounting hole in the abyss of the inner fairings, as the flange face will prevent it being pushed through the mounting hole.
The photos below show both the incorrect (with the inner thread visible) ,and the correct orientation (where the rubber flange face is at the front of the bike). These photos are taken standing in front of the windshield, looking towards the rear of the bike.
While removing the windshield, I inadvertently pushed one of the lower well nuts into the fairing housing - lost forever in the sea of plastic (or at least until I need to disassemble the fairing). I went to the local Honda store to get a replacement and was pleasantly surprised to find they had them in stock (same as some other Honda sport bikes).
While looking at the remaining 3 wellnuts while installing the new one, I noticed that all three had been installed backwards by the dealer. Not only did that make it way more likely that it would push through the mounting point and fall into the fairing, it actually makes the wellnuts very ineffective in actually securing the windshield correctly.
The nuts should be installed with the rubber flange face closest to the screw, and the metal threaded piece furtherest away from the screw. In the correct arrangement, tightening the screw compresses the well nut and makes it expand in the center. It is this expansion that holds the screen correctly.
When installed backwards, the screw thread in the wellnut is closest to the screw and tightening in this arrangements does not cause the rubber to expand to hold the screen.
Additionally, when installed correctly with the flange towards the front of the bike, it is much much less likely that the wellnut will be inadvertently pushed through the mounting hole in the abyss of the inner fairings, as the flange face will prevent it being pushed through the mounting hole.
The photos below show both the incorrect (with the inner thread visible) ,and the correct orientation (where the rubber flange face is at the front of the bike). These photos are taken standing in front of the windshield, looking towards the rear of the bike.
