A look at some replacement Ram-type ball mounts with a harder compound to use with DoubleTake Adventure mirrors. These parts can be purchased at Amazon: www.amazon.com...
Thanks, I will be getting some for myself. The nylon washer is a great idea. I work on airplanes and there are times when you just don't have a choice but to have "dissimilar" metals like you have here with stainless and aluminum. Giving a sealing layer to separate as much of the material and to fill voids water can get into later isn't perfect (especially here where the thread interface will cut through during the install) but it sure can help. The nickname for this is "installing wet". For airplanes we are usually talking rivets and hi-loks - etc., but the concept can also help with threaded fasteners. What you can do is dip or spray or paint your male stud and then install before the coating dries. Then wipe off any squeeze-out before it dries. Products that are designed for sealing applications that stay pliable are even better but primer/paint can help if it's what you have handy. You can still do some blue threadlocker on part of the thread lower on the stud and use the paint/sealant above that, I haven't had issues with the two mixing causing the loctite from doing its usual job. For clarity, I am offering this idea in addition to the nylon washer, I think that is a good idea regardless if you want to also use some sealant. Again, thanks for the video, up till now I have just been periodically replacing the squishy ram balls prior to them splitting or getting so mishapenened they wouldn't hold. One last trick for the next time a ball comes loose on you and you don't have a 12mm wrench handy, you can use the ram arms themselves repositioned perpendicular to the stud and cranked tight to get a pretty strong retorque on a loosened ball until you can get it re-threadlocked and wrenched tight again.
Love your videos man! By the way, I read that some people were still worried about water seeking in even with the nylon washer on. Have you actually had any problems with it?
Thank you! I hope to get more active again this season. The bike was out in some weather this year but I haven’t noticed any corrosion. The washers and LocTite seem to be holding up well.
So they work loose between 80-85 mph... so, not an issue on the KLR then :-p Good idea with the nylon washer, but I'd still be wary of moisture working its way in. Maybe a small amount of grease around the top of the threads as a precaution? Or am I being overly paranoid?
😂 The KLR 650 will do 85 just fine, downhill, with a tailwind, briefly. I think the nylon washer will work. Some of the blue LocTite squished out and formed a kind of seal. We’ll see how it works.
Thanks, I will be getting some for myself. The nylon washer is a great idea. I work on airplanes and there are times when you just don't have a choice but to have "dissimilar" metals like you have here with stainless and aluminum. Giving a sealing layer to separate as much of the material and to fill voids water can get into later isn't perfect (especially here where the thread interface will cut through during the install) but it sure can help. The nickname for this is "installing wet".
For airplanes we are usually talking rivets and hi-loks - etc., but the concept can also help with threaded fasteners. What you can do is dip or spray or paint your male stud and then install before the coating dries. Then wipe off any squeeze-out before it dries. Products that are designed for sealing applications that stay pliable are even better but primer/paint can help if it's what you have handy. You can still do some blue threadlocker on part of the thread lower on the stud and use the paint/sealant above that, I haven't had issues with the two mixing causing the loctite from doing its usual job.
For clarity, I am offering this idea in addition to the nylon washer, I think that is a good idea regardless if you want to also use some sealant.
Again, thanks for the video, up till now I have just been periodically replacing the squishy ram balls prior to them splitting or getting so mishapenened they wouldn't hold.
One last trick for the next time a ball comes loose on you and you don't have a 12mm wrench handy, you can use the ram arms themselves repositioned perpendicular to the stud and cranked tight to get a pretty strong retorque on a loosened ball until you can get it re-threadlocked and wrenched tight again.
Thanks for all the ideas!
Thanks!
Love your videos man! By the way, I read that some people were still worried about water seeking in even with the nylon washer on. Have you actually had any problems with it?
Thank you!
I hope to get more active again this season.
The bike was out in some weather this year but I haven’t noticed any corrosion. The washers and LocTite seem to be holding up well.
So they work loose between 80-85 mph... so, not an issue on the KLR then :-p
Good idea with the nylon washer, but I'd still be wary of moisture working its way in. Maybe a small amount of grease around the top of the threads as a precaution? Or am I being overly paranoid?
😂 The KLR 650 will do 85 just fine, downhill, with a tailwind, briefly.
I think the nylon washer will work. Some of the blue LocTite squished out and formed a kind of seal.
We’ll see how it works.