OEM Tool Kit

[Todd]

What was the 8mm nut driver bit, added to later model XB tool kits, used for?

 

[Cooter]

8mm nuts.























Sorry.:angel:

 

[Todd]

8mm nuts. Got it. Good god, Cooter ...

The only 8mm nuts I've found on my '04 are on the speedo cluster mounts. Surely Buell wouldn't have added that bit just for those. Maybe the 1125's, for example, had some commonly accessed component which used 8mm nuts?
I noticed a lot of OEM ebay tool kits had them and I was just curious.

 

[njloco]

We're just having some fun. I'll have to check my tool kits out and see if any are in there.

 

[njloco]

O.k. I just checked, my buell tool kit also has one. That doesn't help you much other than, they do come with it.

 

[user_deleted]

What was the 8mm nut driver bit, added to later model XB tool kits, used for?

seeing as how this board has been flooded for the past 4 months with posts of "look at what i did" and "found this for sale on the worldwideweb".....a change of pace long overdue........so.........here's your hints:
1-tool fits a perishable.
2-factory changed the OEM hardware somewhere in late 2006 rendering the tools' usefulness obsolete.
3-invaluable if stranded in some parking lot without access to any other tools
4-designed to be used on one of the top 3 "most highly discussed" components in board history.
have at it ladies.

 

[midway]

Plenty of them avaialble

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro....Xbuell+too.TRS0&_nkw=buell+tool+kit&_sacat=0

 

[njloco]

I'm guessing at this, but I'll take a shot at #4, T27 right angel tool ?

 

[Todd]

here's your hints:
1-tool fits a perishable.
2-factory changed the OEM hardware somewhere in late 2006 rendering the tools' usefulness obsolete.
3-invaluable if stranded in some parking lot without access to any other tools
4-designed to be used on one of the top 3 "most highly discussed" components in board history.
have at it ladies.

Okay, well, perishables (consumables) are things like -

spark plugs .... no 8mm nut there
oil filter ... nope
air filter ... none there
brake pads & fluid ... ditto


Discussed components, certainly these at least -

ECU
airbox
exhaust

... again, not on mine.

Being metric, it would have to be an 8mm nut on a post '04 electrical or suspension component, I would think.

Good clues, but I'm stumped.

 

[user_deleted]

not even close yet. another clue: without it your bike never leaves the garage/apartment complex parking lot/storage shed/living room/rental cubicle.

 

[submax]

I'll play along and guess the battery terminals.

 

[user_deleted]

I'll play along and guess the battery terminals.

and the winner is.....JAMES!
deka used to issue the factory installed batteries with 8mm headed bolts thru approx. the end of the 2006 model year and this gizmo continued to be part of the tool kit up till the end.

 

[njloco]

So then, the old battery terminal bolts, did not have a Philips head screw driver head along with being 8mm ?
That was the first thing I tried but since I only have an 07 and 08 naturally it didn't fit, but it did fit the caliper bleeders as you said it would.

 

[zappash]

If???

Leave him alone, he probably hasn't finished his coffee yet. It is way to early to poke the bear!!

 

[user_deleted]

So then, the old battery terminal bolts, did not have a Philips head screw driver head along with being 8mm ?
That was the first thing I tried but since I only have an 07 and 08 naturally it didn't fit, but it did fit the caliper bleeders as you said it would.

the early deka supplied battery terminal bolts were 8mm head that also had a #2 phillips head slot. all later bolts 10mm with #3 phillips slot.

 

[midway]

Whats up with that ... lets go down the entire list of metric nuts & bolts on the "made in America" Milwaukee manufactured Buell

 

[Cooter]

Told you guys....








Ha!!

 

[submax]

Now I'll have to quit while I'm ahead and retire from John's Buell trivia so that I don't give away my actual lack of knowledge.

 

[user_deleted]

Just having some fun. John is a great guy and is very helpful on this forum.

thanks for that dave. was beginning to think i had upset you in some unknown way.

 

[zappash]

Just having some fun. John is a great guy and is very helpful on this forum.

I completely understand. I have read many, many posts from John. Every once in awhile when things get quiet I get the urge to ask John about using Seafoam, but always stop and think about it before posting and say Nah, I better not!