Hey, isn't there supposed to be a bolt in that hole?

[LaGrasta]

Sat down next to my V7 to have lunch today. While I'm chomping away I notice a hole where there is supposed to be a bolt. 

Right below the right side cover the swing arm bolt is completely gone and the other side is finger-tight. I always hear of needing to retighten the MG bike bolts, should have known better. So scary…

[Testarossa]

Is the pivot pin itself gone, or just the larger securing screw that covers it?

[sib]

Is the pivot pin itself gone, or just the larger securing screw that covers it?

Either way, it's nice to notice and fix it before the swing arm lets loose.

[rocker59]

Right below the right side cover the swing arm bolt is completely gone 

What in the Hell is a "swing arm bolt" ?

[normzone]

My motorcycle mentor encouraged sitting down next to your bike with a beer in hand and staring at it periodically.

The bike, not the beer.

[oldlegs]

One day while sat staring at my V7 with tea in hand wife says what you doing, I say looking at my bike, she says you've had it long enough to know what it looks like, I say yes will you turn it round so I can see it from the other side. She shakes her head and walks off. Steve.

[Zoom Zoom]

My motorcycle mentor encouraged sitting down next to your bike with a beer in hand and staring at it periodically.

The bike, not the beer.

THAT is funny!!!

Are ya sure?

John Henry

[LaGrasta]

It's #15

[pete roper]

Nothing to do with the swingarm there? What part are you talking about?

[Kev m]

Looks like he's talking about the frame cross member.

[LaGrasta]

Bad reply, not the part at all.
Here it is...

[Testarossa]

Righto. That's a security cap. It's massive and it's there to keep the actual swingarm pivot screw from backing out, and also protect the screw from weather/filth/corrosion. If the swingarm pivot comes loose, you're screwed.  In the drawing here, the pivot screw is B, the cap nut is A. It's the pivot screw that actually engages a hole in the frame, or maybe the engine/transmission case.

[LaGrasta]

Not that, the hole above that. It's a bolt that holds the rear of the trans in place.

[nc43bsa]

Bad reply, not the part at all.
Here it is...

You referring to the hole above the chrome nut?

<edit>  Too slow on the keyboard.   

[Testarossa]

Looks like that goes into the top of the transmission case.  Is there a similar hole on the other side?  Is it empty too?  If not, it's not a through-pin.

[Triple Jim]

In the first post he said the one on the other side was finger tight.

[n3303j]

One day while sat staring at my V7 with tea in hand wife says what you doing, I say looking at my bike, she says you've had it long enough to know what it looks like, I say yes will you turn it round so I can see it from the other side. She shakes her head and walks off. Steve.

Don't care who you are, that is funny.
Reminds me of something my brother might say to his wife.
Has to be a special kind of woman to stay.

[John A]

there is supposed to be a bolt there, but all it does is hold the top half of the bike to the bottom half. Id be looking for a replacement before bad things happen.