Broken motor strap bolt

[skibreeze]

I found a 15mm bolt head with a 10mm shaft floating around in my belly pan. Pulled the motor to find that the front left bolt had sheared off.

Sucks to pull a motor for a stupid bolt. Guess I needed a little spring cleaning anyway.

 

[MARV1]

Tighten up that rear steering linkage as well. One of mine was lose as well when we pulled my engine on the '08 600rmk to change out the bottom end after the crank rod bearing failed after 7500 miles or so.

 

[skibreeze]

Steering was still tight. I did find that one rivet on the front right motor mount had failed. Was a good time to pull the chaincase cover and inspect everything inside. I was suprised to see that the chain was loose again. Something for everybody else to check on.