Sw motech skid plate

[nutzbutz]

Anyone on here fit a sw motech skid plate to their Ct?...if so did you get any hassle taking out the right side engine bolt. Tried today to fit mine but the right side engine bolt will only turn under severe pressure and i have got it less than half way out, but dont want to keep going in case something goes pear shaped. I know the engine bolts are meant to be torqued tight but this one took a lot to open it and it feels like its under a lot of load turning...i hate leaving a job half done 😄😄

[__Ray__]

Try putting a jack under the engine to lift it ever so slightly, just to prevent hanging on the bolt.

[nutzbutz]

Cheers mate i was thinking of that...but the mrs was working and she had the jack in her car..it'll have to wait tlil tomorrow

[Ernest_T_Bass]

I installed the SW Motech plate several months ago.  No issues with those bolts and I don't recall that I needed any jacking.  Removed and replaced one bolt at a time without an issue.  I would certainly take Ray's suggestion if a bolt was overly difficult to remove. 

[nutzbutz]

Well tried the car jack and still no joy, so brought it down to a mechanic i know and he ended up snapping the bolt trying to get it out 🤯🤯. So left the whole skid plate kit to him and get him to fit it 😁😁😁...lol. The joys of biking 😃😃

[jblackers5]

I didn't have a center stand when I installed my motech skidplate.  The left side bolts into the skidplate was the worst for me.  I put motech crash bars on at the same time.

[DE65Y]

When I fitted my Hepco and Becker, I remember one of the engine mount spacers being a lot tighter than the other side.