damaged staintune

hi fellas just got back from gp what an awesome weekend but i damaged my staintune muffler by melting plastic (garbage bag) off gearsack geez it was wet from yea to pakenham when we went thru. most of the plastic has lifted off already and i,ve been at it with autosol for a while (bloody slow) anybody got any other ideas? also while cleaning my bike i noticed the rear axle nut looked loose sure enough it was and also stripped axle thread and nut ordered one off local dealer axle bolt $150,nut $27,bloody hell they dont miss ya do they? can anyone tell me what nm the rear nut should be as i dont want to be buying these bits again lesson there somewhere.just lucky i got home to spot it.cheers rick

My manual for the GSF1250SA says 100Nm (72 lb-ft in old speak) for the rear axle nut.

Can't really see it being much different for the 1200's (unless the axle is of a different diameter)

just checked my manual dooh there it was 100 nm thanks

to easy.
Bugger about the damaged threads, tho'

saw a couple of silver bandits on the island was that you?

Mr (or Mrs) Google turned up this gem.
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf99504511.tip.html

Basic Google search Here

Hope they help

rickbandit wrote:saw a couple of silver bandits on the island was that you?

Nope

Unforunately, I have not yet made it to the Heaven of Aussie Motorcycling.

I celebrated by riding Bells Line of Road with some mates, unfortunately, this meant that I missed the Group Ride.

Was the weekend good for you?

I had this experience and found it VERY hard to remove the burnt plastic.I persevered with "Autosol" and "OOO" steel wool for a ???? result.. Lesson in life: avoid plastic bags on the road at all costs!! It is fatal on chrome pipes, always left with some scratches.
Good luck

I melted my textile pants onto my exhaust and couldnt remove it with anything, I then used a small butane powered blow torch and heated the nylon that had baked on the stainless pipe, when it was hot it just wiped off using a rag (old denim jeans), the small marks that were left polished out easily with autosol polish.

autosol and hard yakka seem to be the only way, tried oven cleaner,euky oil not much success,will post some gp weekend pics up soon.

just an update on the plastic on the staintune(wifes suggestion) boiling water from kettle on pipe then scrapped off with plastic scraper i used an old union card like bankcard,this worked really well then polished up with autosol,hope this can help anyone else in the future.rick.

Did it get it back to perfect?

yes i,m a panelbeater/spraypainter by trade and pretty fussy and i would say 99% but it,s better to keep plastic away from pipes in the first place but this method definetly works really well

ok cool. Ill keep it in mind then incase the worst happens

Hey rickbandit, another panelbeater with a Bandit. Same here