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Old 10-22-2008, 04:22 PM
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What is the best thing to use to loosen the glue on the lower front fork yellow reflectors?

I want to remove them and they are on the polished aluminum good. I want something that will release the glue so I dont have to worry about breaking the reflector.
 
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Old 10-22-2008, 04:32 PM
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I removed mine.
I was told to heat the area a bit with a hairdryer and use fish line or dental floss to cut through the foam strip, then clean up the residue with WD-40.

What really happened was I tried that and the fish line and the dental floss would only break when I tried to "saw" through it.

What I ended up doing was to heat up the reflector (really the glue) and twist the reflector, breaking the adhesion to the fork and removing the reflector that way. I pulled off the glue strips as best I could and then I used the WD-40 to clean off the rest of the glue.
 
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Old 10-22-2008, 05:02 PM
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A little paint thinner works good too....Just make sure you wash over it with soapy water and apply a little wax...should be good to go.
 
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I just peeled mine off with a good finger grip then used goo gone from walmart . same with the rear ones .
 
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WD40 works great to clean off the glue
 
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Old 10-22-2008, 06:09 PM
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DON'T use a die grinder..... LOL.....

 
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heat gun to reactivate glue & as the sayin goes "use your penius"
 
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Old 10-22-2008, 09:10 PM
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Dental floss and WD40 to clean up the glue.
 
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Old 10-23-2008, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by lexydog43
I just peeled mine off with a good finger grip then used goo gone from walmart . same with the rear ones .
That's what I did too. It was no big deal.
 


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