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Jul 14, 2009 | 06:58 PM

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stro1965

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Originally Posted by Volfan615

Does anyone know if you can get new inserts for the lower screws? A couple months ago I cross threaded the lower left screw and didn't know it. When the dealer was installing the new chrome front end he pointed it out to me.

He said that I would have to replace the fairing. Right now the fairing is on with out that one screw.

If I can just screw in a new brass insert that would be great!

I stripped the threads on the lower right one in my own fairing. Since the insert itself wasn't gonna budge, I VERY CAREFULLY drilled it out using gradually larger drill bits until the last little bit of it let loose, then I used a new screw-in replacement, just like you would up above.

Jul 16, 2009 | 08:48 AM

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Thanks again to all that responded. Picked up the insert with a spare and did the swap last nite. Went pretty smooth. I was able to leave the headlamp connected. The trickiest part was getting the rubber weatherstripping tucked in on the bottom of the fairing. And I can see how it would be easy to cross thread the lowest fasteners.