Side Wind Deflector Install Question

AusTexS10

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Are these installed correctly? Are they really supposed to only be held in by the rubber head of the spacer? They seem like they could be pulled out easily if the rubber spacer head collapses thru the hole.
Actually not quite right. You put the rubber plug piece through from the deflector side so that wide head on the rubber piece (with I could remember what they call these, I think it is nutsert) is between the deflector and the fairing. Then you crank down on the screws and the rubber sleeve expands as the nut in the end of it is pulled back toward the fairing. This is what holds it. At least that's what I figured out after first putting the nutserts in like you did. If you don't fill the hole in the fairing with the rubber shaft, the screw won't fill up the hole and things could shift. I installed mine as I explained and they have been fine for the last year and a half. If anyone has a different thought, please chime in and correct because I had to work through my install w/o instructions. Try it with one and you'll see what I mean. Here's a\ pic of mine; that wide donut/o-ring looking part is the compressed and expended rubber shaft, not the flat head of the nutsert which is on the other side of the fairing. Hope this helps.
 

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Actually not quite right. You put the rubber plug piece through from the deflector side so that wide head on the rubber piece (with I could remember what they call these, I think it is nutsert) is between the deflector and the fairing. Then you crank down on the screws and the rubber sleeve expands as the nut in the end of it is pulled back toward the fairing. This is what holds it. At least that's what I figured out after first putting the nutserts in like you did. If you don't fill the hole in the fairing with the rubber shaft, the screw won't fill up the hole and things could shift. I installed mine as I explained and they have been fine for the last year and a half. If anyone has a different thought, please chime in and correct because I had to work through my install w/o instructions. Try it with one and you'll see what I mean. Here's a\ pic of mine; that wide donut/o-ring looking part is the compressed and expended rubber shaft, not the flat head of the nutsert which is on the other side of the fairing. Hope this helps.
Following the instructions exactly, this is how it should be done. I ignored them since it obviously just pulls out when loose, but seeing yours tightened I believe this must be correct. Makes much more sense this way!
 

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They are called well nuts.

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Also, never push too hard trying to start the screw in them. You can push them out the other side. In this application they can drop into never never land. That's how I know the are called well nuts...

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Also, never push too hard trying to start the screw in them. You can push them out the other side. In this application they can drop into never never land. That's how I know the are called well nuts...

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Ah yes, the deep, dark recesses of the Super T. Small parts drop never to be seen again.
 

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And the screws are plastic, tighten so the well nut mushrooms, but not so tight the plastic strips in the brass insert. It's not torque that holds these, it's the tension of the rubber mushroom pulling on the screw. They're the same well nut used on the windscreen, you'll need to change those out sooner or later due to wear and tear, the rubber hardens in the sun and they don't tension right any more after a few years.
 

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I went with some cap head allen screws with washers for the winglets to use the same allen wrench as the side panels.

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Check the screws occasionally. One of mine shook loose and winglet was broken by the time I noticed it flopping. $149.99 to replace this plastic $hit. My Madstad well nuts are a little too loose every time I feel of them
 
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