In my toolkit, neatly threaded over the screwdriver thing is a thing that looks like a pipe union with a circlip thing pushed into the central annular groove. It has a hex each end but the inner bore is smooth, what is it please?

Is it the socket for your axle

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

Yes it is

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

Patkin, as I've said before - wrap your tool kit in plastic to protect it, the area under the seat isn't very watertight ( ie not at all ) - nobody wants rusty tools !

Thanks guys, didnt look down there, all makes sense now.

Thanks for the advice to keep it in a plastic bag. My inner tray holds water, I was thinking of drilling a wee hole on the LH side to communicate the after most tray (with the toolkit in it) to the section forward of it so that water will drain fwd when parked on the side stand.

Most of the water gets in from where the number plate holder bolts to the tail - I was going to put some sealant in to fill it in but could not find mine when I wanted to do it - used some double sided tape instead - seems to be keeping the water out !

Should already have one......at least mine does

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

They only did that to White ones. All part of the lightening process to ensure that white ones are faster.

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I started out with nothing and still got most of it left.

The white ones are already lighter due to having less pigment in the plastics than the red and black ones

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.