Rear Speaker Mount Repair Part 1

[Mr Jensee]

I did this after I came back from a ride today and discovered the right rear speaker was being held on by only one rubber mount. I looked at the fix in the tech section and decided I had to try one of my own. Here is what I did.
I went to Lowes for the parts. Here is what was required.
3 1.5 inch 5/16" carriage bolts.
3 Rubber Well Nuts, 1/4-20. Found these in the hardware dept. in a drawer.
1 pack of stainless steel 1/4-20 Acorn Nuts. (these were the most expensive item)

First I removed the rack from the trunk then removed the right speaker. I then unbolted the mounts from the base and separated the speaker base from the cabinet. I then cleaned he mounts using a bench wire wheel. I then drilled a hole the size of the diameter of the carriage bolt.

I then mounted the pieces and used them as templates to drill holes in the plastic base.

This is where it got interesting. The carriage bolt heads stuck up too high to allow the speakers to close once mounted so I took them back to the bench grinder and ground the heads down as thin as I could get them, about the thickness of a piece of cardboard.

I then drilled out the hole in the plastic base just large enough to accomodate the square base under the head of the bolts.

(continued in Part 2.)

[ghostler]

That is one way to do, looks like a good methodology to consider for future, Mr Jensee.

Didn't find your post until after my repair.

Just repaired my right rear speaker. One of the previous owners repaired by gluing broken rubber and steel brackets together, installing a velcro strap as a safety restraint in case it broke again. 2 of the mounts repaired previously broke. I cleaned off the old glue then used Acetone to remove any surface contaminates on the surfaces to be glued. Then I glued the assembly together with 5 minute Epoxy. Where the rubber was starting to separate on the opposite bracket, I packed it with Epoxy using a toothpick. It's holding for now and I'll report back in a couple months to report how it held up riding.

[Mr Jensee]

Isn't it neat how necessity can breed a lot of ingenuity! Let us know how it bears out. Mine are still holding, of course how could it fail with a bolt all the way through it?

[Furchin]

For those of you who are considering this mod or need repair of the mounts you can still get these mounts from Kawasaki for a relatively small price per unit. It makes things fairly simple without the time and effort of fabrication.

[ghostler]

For those of you who are considering this mod or need repair of the mounts you can still get these mounts from Kawasaki for a relatively small price per unit. It makes things fairly simple without the time and effort of fabrication.

True, replacement is an option, Ron Ayers has them for a touch over $4 apiece. However, I wanted to first see if I could repair them without the bother of cost plus shipping. Repair wasn't a time consuming issue.

[Markus56]

For those of you who are considering this mod or need repair of the mounts you can still get these mounts from Kawasaki for a relatively small price per unit. It makes things fairly simple without the time and effort of fabrication.

I just got back from a 500 mile trip and had two of these mounts broken when I got back home. Not wanting to deal with this again anytime soon, I opted to buy all six of them new and replace them all at once and be done with that. If I can get another dozen years out of these new ones like the originals lasted for, I'll be happy with that.

[ghostler]

After putting several hundred miles of riding, so far my rear speaker rubber isolation mount repairs have held. I'm thinking what puts additional stress on these are items fastened to the package rack between the speakers, which touch the speakers.

Since the mounts only cost a tad over $4 US, $25 (Ron Ayers' price) for replacing all is not a bad price since they are still in stock. However, I get free shipping if I buy over $89 from him. Until I placed another order from him for $100 worth of items, the repair seems to be holding.

Previous repair done by one of the previous owners, the rear mount was still intact. Yet the mount was misglued 6 mm off center. I broke the previous glue joint, cleaned it up and re-glued it this time aligned properly.

[skippermcgee]

Does anyone have the part number for the oem mounts?
I couldn't find them on bike bandit... or perhaps someone still has a link?

Thanks!!

Skip

[triton28]

92160-1158

[Mr Jensee]

Found Part 1 !