Pretty wombles

[cotgrave]

So one of the rocker cover bolts has snapped but was only finger tight so might be able to get the snapped bit out but wombles me the screw on the large funnel on the airbox has rounded off so can't even remove the air box to get at the thing i have no clue what to do now and wish i had just paid someone to do the ccts as now i have no bike to use and nothing i can do to sort it, any advice guys i am lost , fed up and pissed off

[Wicky]

screw on the large funnel on the airbox has rounded

Can you dremel a slot in the screw-head for a screwdriver? or drill the knackered screw-head off (make sure you put rags in the carb intake to stop any debris getting in and hoover out all the swarf) then use mole grips to rotate the remaining thread out when the airbox is off. Same happened to mine and subsequently I replaced all the screws heads with SS allen headed bolts.

[cotgrave]

Not got a drill as mine has died and worried i will do more harm

[lloydie]

Loosen the carbs at the inlet rubber and pull the air box off with the carbs attached .
Be easy to force the air box screws out from below with them off .

[MacV2]

OK so first things first...

The rounded screw on the intake stack, you could drill the screw out, just take the head off to allow getting the stack off...Issue there is the heat from the drill will melt the plastic...I would just cut me losses & remove the other screws & just snap the lug off. Once off you can remove the air box & worry about the screw later.

The cam box bolt...remove the other bolts & remover the cover. If you can get neddle nose pliers on the stub unwind it. If no access a very small flat blade screwdriver should give you enough purchase to spin the bolt...It wont be too tight hopefully & will come out ok.
Did one like this meself...they do snap very easily...

Back to the stack screw, now you have the air box off you should have room to get at the screw, mole grips..? Drill it out...? what ever you will have much more room to get at it. The stack it self wont be harmed by having one screw missing so thats not an issue if you cant get the screw out.

Take a good tip & buy yourself some JIS tip screwdrivers...The screws on the Storm are not phillips or pozidrive they are Japanese Industry Standard, get the right tools & it saves on chewing up the screw heads...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JIS-Screwdriv ... SwstxVLCcZ


Good luck & let us know how you get on...

[TheGingerBeardMan]

As Mac mentioned, ''...a good tip is to buy yourself some Japanese Industrial Screwdrivers...''

I second this, as most, (if not all Jap and Asian bikes) use JIS screws and NOT, as Mac says, Phillips or Pozidrive. They look the same, and almost everyone assumes just cos it's a cross head screwdriver and a cross head screw, it'll be ok to use.

It isn't.

The JIS screws have a special dimple / dot hammered into the head so you can see what type of screw it is.



A phillips screwdriver is designed with a longer tip, and is meant to round out before damaging the screwhead. A pozidrive screwhead looks like a star design - still has the cross head slot, but in each corner there is an additional recess.

The angles of all 3 screwdriver tips are the same, but you cannot (or should not) use a pozidrive on a phillips head, and you can't use a phillips head on a JIS screw head. (Well, you might be lucky in a lot of cases....and then the inevitable happens....a chewed and rounded head)

You can however, use a JIS on a phillips screw!

Have a read of the article below (click the link) about the differences of the 3 cross head screws (even though they may look the same):

Stripping Phillips screws, and using the proper screwdriver for the job

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[cotgrave]

bolts out bent the funnel and will be easy to re-sit now just need new bolts. i was able to use a flat blade to unscrew the broken part of the bolt took 20 mins of steady movement but its out

thanks all now off the road till new bolts arrive

[MacV2]

bolts out bent the funnel and will be easy to re-sit now just need new bolts. i was able to use a flat blade to unscrew the broken part of the bolt took 20 mins of steady movement but its out

thanks all now off the road till new bolts arrive

Good work that man...

[cotgrave]

Any idea on where to get the bolts guys?

[MacV2]

Any idea on where to get the bolts guys?

Best bet for new...http://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/

Phone them up tho...

CMSL may be cheaper but they do like a postage charge & it often works out dearer...

2nd hand off ebay...I'd buy new meself...

Part no. is... 90002-MY5-850

Same bolt on loads of Hondas...