Lower Fairing Vents

Seaweed · Apr 19, 2024

Has anyone had trouble with the lower fairing vents getting stuck? The slide was a bit stiff but now it won't move at all. Was planning to dig into it tomorrow but not exactly sure what to undo to get at it. I have the manual but it doesn't have much about how they operate. Thanks!

Jack Klarich · Apr 19, 2024

IMO a cheap design and breaks easily

Take them apart, clean them good and lube the heck out of emThumbUp

David792 · Apr 19, 2024

Jack Klarich said:
IMO a cheap design and breaks easily

Take them apart, clean them good and lube the heck out of emThumbUp

One of mine got stuck a few years ago. I had to loosen the lower to get at it. Didn't have to take it all apart, just enough to manipulate the joints. Lots of nuts and screws for such a simple thing. but... it's been trouble free since then.

Seaweed · Apr 20, 2024

Thanks Dave. When you say "loosen", did you have to take stuff apart? Or could work with it without separating everything? I guess it depends exactly what the problem is too.

OLBLU · Apr 20, 2024

Before you take it all apart , why not soak it all down with silicone spray.

Seaweed · Apr 20, 2024

OLBLU said:
Before you take it all apart , why not soak it all down with silicone spray.

Thanks, will give that a try. I need to do the other one anyways.

Seaweed · Apr 20, 2024

Good news and for once I got a little luck. When I opened up to take my initial look, I notice that the link to the vent had popped off hinge to the vent door. Tight squeeze but I was able to snap it back into place. I did clean everything and lubed it up. Now what I know what to look for it's something I will clean & lube every year.

David792 · Apr 20, 2024

Seaweed said:
Good news and for once I got a little luck. When I opened up to take my initial look, I notice that the link to the vent had popped off hinge to the vent door. Tight squeeze but I was able to snap it back into place. I did clean everything and lubed it up. Now what I know what to look for it's something I will clean & lube every year.

That was the problem with mine. I had a coolant leak, which the dealership fixed, and in the process "dis-jointed" one of my vents. I had to loosen the lower fairing housing to make enough clearance to get at the un-coupled joint. Didn't have to take the fairing all the way off. Glad you got yours fixed.

DK Custom Products · Apr 21, 2024

One of the things on my preventative maintenance list is to spray "dry" graphite lube on all the moving parts of the vent. I started doing this after one of my vents got progressively more difficult to open and close....just from road dust/pollen/etc.

Kevin

Seaweed · Apr 21, 2024

DK Custom Products said:
One of the things on my preventative maintenance list is to spray "dry" graphite lube on all the moving parts of the vent. I started doing this after one of my vents got progressively more difficult to open and close....just from road dust/pollen/etc.

Kevin

Thanks Kevin. Good idea.

DCR2013 · Apr 21, 2024

DK Custom Products said:
One of the things on my preventative maintenance list is to spray "dry" graphite lube on all the moving parts of the vent. I started doing this after one of my vents got progressively more difficult to open and close....just from road dust/pollen/etc.

Kevin

Agree, I have done this for quite some time. Dry Graphite doesn't cling to other airborne materials.

Notgrownup · Apr 27, 2024

Graphite works great. I used spray graphite on my 14 but I will use dry on my 21.

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