GSF1200 Oil-cooled maintenance

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This has been the case for a while now, but in any case, this is a vehicle that has been absolutely mangled…

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If the engine hanger had been positioned properly, it could have been installed without doing something like this.

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If it’s secured with a nut, I think caution is needed.

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The bolt won’t fit, so the threads have been stripped and turned into an elongated hole—a disappointing finish.

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One side is done with a helicoil insert.

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The other side has been removed,

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and a nut is welded on, then sprayed to finish. A square nut would have been perfect, but there’s simply no demand for it, so I didn’t have one on hand.

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