I can't keep those nose plastic bolts that go into the tank on, Any good ideas?

 

When you figure that out let the rest of us know would you?

 

put some of that lock tight on them

 

What I did was I took that bolt and clip bull$hit off and replaced it with an allen bolt and nut with a built in washer. i got the nut behind the plastic with a long needle nose pliers and held it with that while I tightend it up with an allen wrench. Looks good and no worries about comming loose.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

I thought I would try teflon tape.

 

Use red loctite, and they wont come loose anymore.

 

i put on red loctite but when i went to take them out, one side spun itself a hole in the plastic threads instead of breaking loose the loctite, that was a pain in the **** to get off, dont use too much, lol. Sean

 

you could always try blue loctite

 

I used blue loctite (small portions) a couple times and it seemed to stay on the screws because they don't come loose and I don't use it anymore. Don't use too much on these or you won't get them off again.

 

I just keep an eye on mine. I use hex bolts there, so when one does start coming loose I can tighten it a little by hand so it stays put until I get to a wrench.

Edit: Forgot to mention that the threads in the little clips in the tank cover are starting to get pretty sloppy on mine. I think I may have to come up with something more creative this summer. Those little bolts and my headlight (broke it again this weekend) are the only perpetual problems I have with my DS.