Lower fairing screws
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Lower fairing screws
OK here's what's happened. trying to remove inner lower fairing to access radiators and the screws just spin.. Tried aliitle heat but i'm afraid of damaged to fairing. Any ideas on how to remove these things ? I can see the inserts just spinning in the lowers. These thing are tight. If i drill i may damage the fairing too.
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there's two torque screws on the inside right above the clamp that hooks to the bottom of the engine guard. As I'm trying to take them out, the metal piece that they screw into spins. Another wonderful idea from the motor company.
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Yep, them are the screws If anyone has any ideas on how to remove these things ,speak up. What do the techs at the dealer do with this ? Certainly not replacing the lowers every time they destroy one taking it apart. Really a stupid design here. Why not have a bolt with a regular nut on this setup ?
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Yep, them are the screws If anyone has any ideas on how to remove these things ,speak up. What do the techs at the dealer do with this ? Certainly not replacing the lowers every time they destroy one taking it apart. Really a stupid design here. Why not have a bolt with a regular nut on this setup ?
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I think what he meant was to put an easy-out in the back of the nut. The easy-out is left hand threaded, so when you start trying to loosen the torx bolt the easy-out will dig in and hold the nut still maybe... not a bad idea, if you can get it to bite before it hits the torx bolt.