BDCW standstand relocater broken bolt

Hi,

I have a BDCW standstand relocater bracket, the other day I broke the main bolt that runs through the bottom of the engine. For the moment I put a 5/16" bolt from home depot in to get me by but want to fix it properly

Note is not a fault of the product as such, I do load it heavily as the wife gets on the side-stand side and then I get on. We try to minimise the weight when getting on and off, but there is always some weight.

I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else? And if so did they find a solution to prevent it happening again.

Any feedbank welcome.

Cheers,

Craig

There is a "your wife is so fat" joke in here somewhere

Bloody hell! Better not let her see that . Nah I am the fatty, about 110kgs.

Yeah, whatever that is.

How many stone is that?

Depends on how heavy the stones are.

It is 242 pounds or 17 stone 2.

Heya Craig

You back to Phoenix now?

Did you say something about putting the bolt in backwards?, was looking at ours the other day so was wondering about a solution but not sure which the problem bolts is, gotta pic?

Leaving Manzanillo tomorrow heading toward Mexico city WOH HOH..... great catching you guys at Jolanda and Leons too

Yep - got here last night, went through Nogales in the end - about 3/4 hour and that included a dog going through the car. Mexico was brillant, wish we had much more time down there I hope you and Ellen enjoy the rest of your time.

There are two bolts that hold the bracket on, one goes the engine mount (front) and the other through the R/H centre stand mounting bolt (rear). The one that broke was the long one that went through the engine.

The bolt broke at the end of the thread. I was thinking that turning it around so the head was on the side-stand side of the bike and the thread on the other side might give take some of the load off the threaded part of the bolt.

I meant to show you when I saw you the other day but amongst all the stories it skipped my mind.

You're not supposed to kickstart it while it's on the side stand.

Good to see all the helpful replies.

Good point , also check your Halogen fluid in your headlight too after leaving your key on at Al's

Will check our tomorrow.

Cheers Andi

We're here for you, and feel your pain.

Yes it has happened to other people. Two things, use a high strength bolt not a regular one and snug the bolt now and then. The bolt breaks when it has a little play in it. When it is tight, there are no sheer forces on it. I have mine reversed but more for sidestand sensor clearance with a slightly longer bolt.

Craig can you fit an 12.9 Cap bolt? ... super strong!

+1 what Deep said. I have the original bolt from mine from the 86 Welding bracket I put on mine; PM me your address and I'll send it to you.

Hi thanks for that all.

A quck search cannot locate a 10 x 180mm bolt above metric grade 8.8 (5). I have my bike on the rack right now, just installed a relocator and a bash plate- it'd be SO EASY just to replace the bolt in question.

Alas....

I go to a metric land (Aus) next week for a 6 weeks or so, I am sure I can find one there.

When it broke it just let go with a bang. I could even find the end with the nut on it.

Fastenal has several M10x1.5x180 hex head listed. Grade 10.9 (SAE 8). Also threaded rod in grade 10.9, but only in 1m lengths.
Grainger has a socket head M10 Grade 12.9...$23.61 for pack of 5. item number 6CU50

Thanks for the heads up...will be keeping an eye on mine, or if you order a pack I would gladly buy a couple from you.

Well the BDCW guys have offered to replace the bolt. Very, very good of them. Not what I expected or requested. Especially as I said in the first post, that I don't consider the breakage to be a product fault.

Great guys.

Best solution of them all that I{ve read, get a CJ Designs side stand relocator. Burly and does not involve the engine bolts at all. Best design out there!!!