Bonnet Will Not Close?

[EViS]

I can't get my bonnet to fully close. It locks at the latch but will not lock all the way shut. This happened last time I opened the bonnet and adjusting the lock (by removing the seat grill) may have helped, although it didn't lock first time, it took a few pushes.

Now it will not lock at all again, what may be causing this?

 

[chris_200120vt]

have you tried screwing the rubber stops in which lowers the bonnet

 

[EViS]

Are you referring to the two stop at the front of the bonnet? The one's attached to the bonnet itself? If so then yes...

 

[vngtx]

check the release handle is all the way down as the bonnet cables stick.

 

[MIkey kc]

sounds like youve dropped the latch too far down so the bonnet cant reach the lock part of the latch

 

[EViS]

check the release handle is all the way down as the bonnet cables stick.

I've tried this a number of times .

 

[EViS]

sounds like youve dropped the latch too far down so the bonnet cant reach the lock part of the latch

I think this is the problem (again). However it doesn't seem to move up very much, maybe a couple of mm's. Does that sound right? I'll try to see if it moves up any more this time around, but odd if it has slipped down again...

 

[seat-ollie]

I had this on mine the other day. It wouldnt latch down fully.

I removed the bonnet catch and found that the arm which the bonnet cable sits in had seized causing it to not move to latch the bonnet.

I just sprayed it up with so wd40 and worked it until it became free again. It now works better than ever!

 

[EViS]

I had this on mine the other day. It wouldnt latch down fully.

I removed the bonnet catch and found that the arm which the bonnet cable sits in had seized causing it to not move to latch the bonnet.

I just sprayed it up with so wd40 and worked it until it became free again. It now works better than ever!

This is the problem I had, sprayed it with liquid grease and it worked. However now it's become stuck again and the bonnet refuses to close unless I manually move the arm with a small screwdriver. Would some thicker grease be alright to use on the catch?