My vortex sliders look funky

[guido4512]

I pmmed Gunny to ask for advice. I will be installing my sliders tonight.

gs - please post pics when u do!
When u lay that drill bit on yer plastics yer gonna cringe a little.
Then when yer done you'll say : " and to think .......... I hesitated." heh heh

I am drilling a small hole and then going at the rest with a dremel tool.

Used a protractor to draw a neat round circle.

Going to drill a small hole at the center (just big enough to admit the dremel tool)

Using the dremel tool to work away at the material until I hit the circle.

Use auto beading to encircle the hole (looks better that way). Already sprayed the beading red to match my fairing color.

I hope it works according to plan...we'll find out soon enough. Received my Scorpio alarm so I dont know which one I want to install first

gs - did the install go okay?

 

[busa_boy_69]

I have the same sliders on my bike but my metal base is not outside of the plastic and I have the longer bolt on the right side not the left because I called Vortex tech support with the same question when I got mine and they said the long bolt goes on the RIGHT side of the motor. I think he has them on backwards.

 

[Gunnybusa]

I have the same sliders on my bike but my metal base is not outside of the plastic and I have the longer bolt on the right side not the left because I called Vortex tech support with the same question when I got mine and they said the long bolt goes on the RIGHT side of the motor. I think he has them on backwards.

Who has them on backwards?

 

[BiG-T]

I have the same sliders on my bike but my metal base is not outside of the plastic and I have the longer bolt on the right side not the left because I called Vortex tech support with the same question when I got mine and they said the long bolt goes on the RIGHT side of the motor. I think he has them on backwards.

Post pics.

I don't recall seeing a Busa w/ Vortex sliders installed and the base of the slider was completely "inside" of the fairing.

Maybe you have a different Vortex slider. You may have the Alpha release.



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[busa_boy_69]

Lemme say that better. I know you should SEE the base of the slider you can on mine to but in one of those pics I was looking at unless I was seeing it wrong it looked like the plastic of the fairing was almost BEHIND the metal base. And it looked the the longer base was on the left side. Here is what mine looked like when I was done. Maybe I just saw it wrong.

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[BiG-T]

Lemme say that better.

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...in one of those pics I was looking at unless I was seeing it wrong it looked like the plastic of the fairing was almost BEHIND the metal base...

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Your vision is accurate. The holes that were drilled for Gunny's are smaller in diameter than yours and mine.

 

[Gunnybusa]

Lemme say that better.

...edited by BiG-T...

...in one of those pics I was looking at unless I was seeing it wrong it looked like the plastic of the fairing was almost BEHIND the metal base...

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Your vision is accurate.  The holes that were drilled for Gunny's are smaller in diameter than yours and mine.

but mine are not on backwards.

 

[guido4512]

Gunny,
Any way to tell if your install has spacers behind the bases? I think it must since they are both on the outside of the plastic.
If it does have spacers then the bolts must be longer, too. Thanks

I really need to know that bolt thread size..................................

 

[Gunnybusa]

Gunny,
Any way to tell if your install has spacers behind the bases? I think it must since they are both on the outside of the plastic.
If it does have spacers then the bolts must be longer, too. Thanks

I really need to know that bolt thread size..................................

Going to do an oil change tonight so I'll take some pic's for ya.

 

[FloydV]

Yeah, after you make sure they're not on backward

 

[hbr]

I put spacers behind the left (?) side to even them out....pics

 

[BiG-T]

Recall where ya got the spacers from? I'd like to take a look.

 

[busa_boy_69]

Yeah, after you make sure they're not on backward

Okay it looks like I am gonna have to put up an example of why I thought he had the sides switched around since some people would like to just assume I am retarded. Okay so this is what I am gonna do here. Since GunnyBusa and myself have the exact same sliders I am gonna post his pics up here of the left side of his bike and then the left and right side of MY bike. NOW on his left side the base is clearly sticking a lot farther out than mine which is why I was thinking that he used the longer bolt on the left side instead of the right side hence why I thought they were "backwards". If we have the exact same sliders I don't know why there would be a difference here? I had never seen anyone use spacers like this before. But here are the pics so its understandable......
Starting with MY right side.......

 

[busa_boy_69]

His Left side

 

[busa_boy_69]

Another shot of his left.....

 

[busa_boy_69]

And lastly MY right side. This is what his looked like in his left side pic which is why I was mixed up.

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[busa_boy_69]

Yeah, after you make sure they're not on backward

Okay it looks like I am gonna have to put up an example of why I thought he had the sides  switched around since some people would like to just assume I am retarded. Okay so this is what I am gonna do here. Since GunnyBusa and myself have the exact same sliders I am gonna post his pics up here of the left side of his bike and then the left and right side of MY bike. NOW on his left side the base is clearly sticking a lot farther out than mine  which is why I was thinking that he used the longer bolt on the left side instead of the right side hence why I thought they were "backwards". If we have the exact same sliders I don't know why there would be a difference here? I had never seen anyone use spacers like this before. But here are the pics so its understandable......
Starting with MY right side.......

God now I am getting crap mixed around. This is obviously a shot of my LEFT side I mistyped there sorry.

 

[Gunnybusa]

Yeah, after you make sure they're not on backward

Okay it looks like I am gonna have to put up an example of why I thought he had the sides  switched around since some people would like to just assume I am retarded. Okay so this is what I am gonna do here. Since GunnyBusa and myself have the exact same sliders I am gonna post his pics up here of the left side of his bike and then the left and right side of MY bike. NOW on his left side the base is clearly sticking a lot farther out than mine  which is why I was thinking that he used the longer bolt on the left side instead of the right side hence why I thought they were "backwards". If we have the exact same sliders I don't know why there would be a difference here? I had never seen anyone use spacers like this before. But here are the pics so its understandable......
Starting with MY right side.......

God now I am getting crap mixed around. This is obviously a shot of my LEFT side I mistyped there sorry.

Haha Ill take pics and post them here when i get done 69.

 

[BiG-T]

adding to the confusion

 

[guido4512]

Um yes,

My sliders look funky.

They are NOT on backwards. The bolt lengths are different, yes. The slider bases are exactly the same. Even if you did use the wrong bolt on the wrong side, it would look exactly the same (one side would be thread shy, the other wouldn't tighten due to bottoming out). The slider bases are the problem, not the bolts.

Here's what they look like...........................................................

This is the left side.
The slider base is just barely peeking out through the plastic.