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CZroe · September 21st, 2022, 05:41 AM

The factory glued the rubber dampers onto the rear seat pan because they kept falling off, but this was a factory error. The real issue was that they weren’t fully seated.

During installation the damper would bottom out against the plastic seat pan before the rubber plug pops all the way through the mounting hole. The proper solution is to twist while maintaining pressure so that the plug will finish working through. They never fall out once fully-seated… WITHOUT glue.

The factory glue would eventually fail and the damper would get lost or end up deep inside the bike… if you were lucky. Even then you couldn’t see/reach it and wouldn’t know to look. The assemblers might’ve fixed this by 2012 but it was definitely an issue for years.

September 21st, 2022, 05:41 AM	#4
CZroe CPT Falcon Name: J.Emmett Turner Location: Newnan, GA Join Date: Apr 2009 Motorcycle(s): '08 CP Blue EX250J, '97 unpainted EX250F, 2nd '97 unpainted EX250F (no engine), '07 black EX250F Posts: A lot.	The factory glued the rubber dampers onto the rear seat pan because they kept falling off, but this was a factory error. The real issue was that they weren’t fully seated. During installation the damper would bottom out against the plastic seat pan before the rubber plug pops all the way through the mounting hole. The proper solution is to twist while maintaining pressure so that the plug will finish working through. They never fall out once fully-seated… WITHOUT glue. The factory glue would eventually fail and the damper would get lost or end up deep inside the bike… if you were lucky. Even then you couldn’t see/reach it and wouldn’t know to look. The assemblers might’ve fixed this by 2012 but it was definitely an issue for years. Last futzed with by CZroe; September 21st, 2022 at 10:55 AM.