Need Help With Skid Plate

[welterracer]

Later year i purchased a slightly used skid plate from a guy on Ebay.. and he had purchased to bolts etc for it..

I dont have the instructions for it..

I assume you must drill out the 4 rivits on the bottom of the sled to install the inserts..

What size drill bit do you use to drill them out etc..

Thanks

Brian

 

[sobfrogg]

You are correct.
The Yamaha install kit comes w/ rivnuts. Use a 10mm drill bit. They are hard to find. I use a 25/64th drill bit. It comes out as 9.9mm. A tad bit smaller is better..
Napa sells Rivnuts. Or you can get them from McMaster Carr. Or get the hardware kit from Yamaha.

 

[welterracer]

Thanks i got here installed..

 

[jr_amsoil]

i miced the inserts and found that a standard drill bit is even better fit. mine installed no problem. i searched everywhere in the town for a metric drill bit and said hell with it. thats why i decided to mic the insert.

 

[CaptCaper]

Thanks i got here installed..

I got a used one coming from Ebay this week with no hardware. So what did you end up using to get your job done?

 

[sobfrogg]

I/ve installed a few of these for people now.
What I posted in my post above works great

 

[Paul_C]

I just installed a skid plate on my 2007 Venture GT last night, using a 25/64 drill bit, which worked perfectly. The factory instructions were emphatic about not drilling in more than 20mm deep. IIRC, the four mounting screws were M6 x 20mm, and used 6mm flat washers. My skidplate also has two mounting holes at the very front of the plate, which used M6 x 25mm screws and the 6mm flat washers.