959 Bit Of A Noob Question

Discussion in 'Panigale' started by Red899, Jan 9, 2021.

  1. The people (cough Hyside) who changed the battery on my 959 last, seem to have used a butter knife to tighten the screws. Any tips on loosening these bastard things? ;

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  2. Use a spanner or socket.
     
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  3. Socket.
     
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  4. While you’ve got it apart, replace the screws with some decent Allen capheads or it’ll happen again
     
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  5. They did it to stop someone stealing your battery !
    Very thoughtful ;)
     
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  6. A socket? Probably 10mm
     
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  7. Try a hammer, then a grinder, then hit it with a hammer. If that don't work, I dunno lad
     
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  8. Was that a mallet type hammer? Because it did not work for me :(
    I ended up drilling the screw head and using a 10lb slide hammer to shift the screw from the battery, just enough to get a jenny bar under the screw lip. Then with a mate sitting on the bike applying the brakes I levered the screw up enough to get the hack saw to the bugger :)
     
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  9. Am I missing something here? Why is nobody putting a socket on there?
     
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  10. oh yea :D :D
    But maybe looking at the hexagonal bolt in the OPs picture, that might have been to obvious ;)
    So he has been given other options:)
     
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  11. Hacksaw is pure genius, top tip there.

    Can we now move to the 'what's the best battery' thread :)
     
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  12. What I was saying before, I put a new battery on my bike today ( original one did really well, over six years! ) and this is what I was saying about using capheads, with the extra lead’s for Garmin and battery tender you need some decent Allen screws in there I think :thinkingface:?

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    Apologies for dirty bike but hadn’t had the fairing off for a while :D!
     
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