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GLester wrote:
Try placing your screwdriver on the screw and tapping on top of the screwdriver gently with a mallet or small hammer. :baffled:
Gene:waving::11red::11red::11red::cooler:
Good first attempt if you haven't already buggered the heads.
Get a longer screwdriver 12-16 inch shaft, they're hard to come by, but provide better leverage, the shaft will wind up storing torque. Gives you more room to get your shoulder into it while turning as well.
If you've managed to strip out the heads, you'll need to be more agressive and may wind up with either hours in the machine shop or replacing the M/C.
Try to use a little penetrating oil,
Place a towel on the fairing below the M/C and spray the oil on the screw heads, put a screwdriver in the screw and tap lightlty with a mallet, repeat a few times. may need to let sit overnight. Try the screws again.
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You may need to use an impact driver if this doesn't work, this tool has interchangeable bits and operates by striking firmly with a hammer. If the screwheads are buggered, this may be your best bet as it drives the bit into the head with each blow. The M/C is fairly fragile, so it may be damaged, remember to place a towel on the bike under the M/C in case of brake fluid leakage.
If you need to go further, you have a few choices, remember first of all safety and combustability.
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A little heat goes a long way, propane torch applied judicially may help the screws come out, but
will cause damage that will need to be repaired, parts
will need to be replaced.
Don't burn you bike to the ground. Brake fluid is flamable as is the penetrating oil you probably used, the brake lines and M/C diaphragm are made ot of rubber and will be damaged, the fairing is plastic and may melt or burn as well.