Bellypan installation help.

[odachi13]

I picked up a bellypan from ebay, apparantly its a genuine Yamaha.

It doesn't come with fittings, because you use the bolts at the very bottom of the engine (just under the bottom of the headers).

That's straightforward. What isn't is the fact that these bolts would of more than likely last been move in '05 when the bike came off the factory line. I couldn't get so much as a creek out of any of em.

Any ideas (except brute force that is). They're 5mm allen key, my only idea is a longer key for more leverage but don't want to strip them.

 

[airoh69]

Lube them with WD40. That wil do the work. Had the same problem

 

[bd43]

If it's a Yamaha stock bellypan, it should install looking like this...

BD43 Subcowl Installation

 

[odachi13]

Yeah thats the badger. It's all as one unit with the arms on the cowl. I suppose in the interest of not removing four bolts from the oilpan at once I should take the arms off and install it that way.
It's just difficult to budge the buggers. I'll have access to some stronger tools on Monday atleast, I can fit the arms there and then put the cowl on at home.