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Need help identifying a part

DavidR8

Member
I took the plastic off my 2013 so I could install the valve cover protectors.
I discovered one the stainless steel screws and flat nuts had been lost and replaced with a socket head cap screw and a nylock nut.
It’s on the left side.
The part under the fairing panel where the screw would attach to has quite a large hole, maybe 1/2" diameter so I’m dubious that a flat nut is what goes there.
But I cannot find any thing for that area in the parts fiche.
Hoping someone with more experience can point me in the right direction.
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Hello David R8
Go to Max BMW parts fish and you will find the piece you need under 46-Frame, Fairing, Cases. Lateral Trim Panel Rear, part # 51-71-1-916-197, Lock. It's a hard black plastic screw that locks in by a quarter turn.
DP
 
Awesome, looks like I’ve found the part.
The reason I want to have it as it should be is because I don’t like it being not original and because taking the plastic off should only require a T25 Torx.
 
FWIW, when I find I have to order parts like this, I always buy extra......especially if they are those plastic push-pins. If I'm not losing them, I'm wearing them with removal and insertion. :)
OM
 
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