silverhound
New Member
I decided to move the Puig windscreen on my wife's bike to the higher position today and when I did I noticed that one of the cowl/well nuts had not originally been installed properly. It basically had not been pushed through the plastic adapter and hole on the mounting point and therefore when I tightened the screw it wasn't holding the windshield on at all. It was mushrooming in front of the metal rather than behind it.
I should have noticed when I first put the Puig screen on but I didn't (my bad). Anyhow it has now been "squished" so that's it's unusable. Ordered up four new ones just to be sure. Part #90111-KW3-003.
Guess the three that were holding were enough but better safe than sorry. A wind screen coming loose while in flight could be catastrophic. Check your screens. If installed properly the cowl nut should not slip out of the hole easily when pulled after the screw is removed.
I should have noticed when I first put the Puig screen on but I didn't (my bad). Anyhow it has now been "squished" so that's it's unusable. Ordered up four new ones just to be sure. Part #90111-KW3-003.
Guess the three that were holding were enough but better safe than sorry. A wind screen coming loose while in flight could be catastrophic. Check your screens. If installed properly the cowl nut should not slip out of the hole easily when pulled after the screw is removed.