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Old Apr 22, 2016 | 09:31 PM
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I'd like to point out that there are zero Road King Nacelle videos on YouTube. I'm sure I'll get corrected on that but 5 minutes of googling got me nothing. After taking it off I realize it's an easy gig so there's probably why there's no video. Still, for a newbe it would help to have a simple 2 minute video on this.

I found the drain screws were easiest to get out with a recent wrench wrapped around the head, clamped down, and rotate. The screw heads were damn near stripped right away and they even destroyers 2 #3 screwdriver heads. Don't waste your time. Crescent wrench them out and buy new ones.
 
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A tool like this will generally get those screws out with almost no damage.




If you don't already have one, you really would do well to get one.
 
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I replaced them when I did my forks.

The nacelle is not hard, but more so a pain in the rear...
 
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