SkunkWorks
Well-Known Member
Over time the OEM rubber "Well-Nuts" dry out, and will possibly fail.
I live in a dry climate, and also ride a lot of rugged roads and trails.
I use an added wind-deflector mounted to the top of my OEM Windscreen, which puts added strain on these rubber well-nuts.
This season, towards the end of summer a couple of mine had started to fail. They had dried-out and became brittle.
Rather than order some new ones from Yamaha, I decided to source a less-expensive and more robust replacement.
I took the original Windscreen Screws over to ACE-Hardware and bought 4 lock-nuts, 4 washers, and 4 rubber-bushings that fit them.
After removing the original well-nuts out of the windshield Bracket, the new rubber Bushings fit the holes in the bracket perfectly!
Reassembled the Windscreen using the factory screws, and the washers with lock-nuts on the back side of the bracket.
It is very solidly mounted, and the washers could never pull through the holes in the bracket.
I don't remember how much exactly it cost, but it was somewhere around $6.00 for all the new hardware.
I think this is slightly less than the price for just (1) of the OEM Yamaha well-nuts.
I live in a dry climate, and also ride a lot of rugged roads and trails.
I use an added wind-deflector mounted to the top of my OEM Windscreen, which puts added strain on these rubber well-nuts.
This season, towards the end of summer a couple of mine had started to fail. They had dried-out and became brittle.
Rather than order some new ones from Yamaha, I decided to source a less-expensive and more robust replacement.
I took the original Windscreen Screws over to ACE-Hardware and bought 4 lock-nuts, 4 washers, and 4 rubber-bushings that fit them.
After removing the original well-nuts out of the windshield Bracket, the new rubber Bushings fit the holes in the bracket perfectly!
Reassembled the Windscreen using the factory screws, and the washers with lock-nuts on the back side of the bracket.
It is very solidly mounted, and the washers could never pull through the holes in the bracket.
I don't remember how much exactly it cost, but it was somewhere around $6.00 for all the new hardware.
I think this is slightly less than the price for just (1) of the OEM Yamaha well-nuts.