2010 Radiator mounting

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  1. Matt Myers

    Matt Myers New Member

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    I've had the fairing off the bike to do a plug and air cleaner change and noticed what I thought was a missing bolt on the top RHS radiator mounting. On the LHS, the top radiator mounting is a shouldered washer (part 13) and an M6 bolt (part 46) inserted through rubber bush (part 12). On the RHS, there's just a rubber bush that sits loosely on a small boss protruding from the frame near the headstock. I thought, this can't be right, but I looked at the parts call out for the radiator group and it doesn't show a bolt for mounting the RHS of the radiator. It doesn't seem to be a very secure way of mounting the radiator at the top at all. You can manually manipulate the radiator. The RHS boss on the frame is not threaded to take a bolt, so it seems Honda designed it like this deliberately

    Very strange design

    2010 Fireblade - Radiator Group.png
     
  2. Boothman

    Boothman Elite Member

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    Same as you, I noticed the missing bolt when looking down and assumed it had just worked it’s way out and been lost. However, a check in the workshop manual confirms there is no bolt on that side from new
     
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