puttng motrax bar end mirrors on. - Page 2 - SV650.org

yorkie_chris · 30-10-08, 06:20 PM

+1 for plusgas

GT85 also good. But an impact driver and a heavy hammer is usually the better way to do it, doesn't remove the heads of screws like a screwdriver does.

maviczap · 30-10-08, 06:53 PM

I had a similar problem with my bar end. The screw was seized good and proper, nothing I could do about it. In the end I drilled as much of the head off the screw untill it fell apart. Then the bar can come off, leaving the remains of the screw, which I gripped with mole griprs and it came out.
As usual no grease on assembly in the factory!!!
You'll have trouble getting any Plus Gas anywhere near the screw thread that needs it, as the thread is on the inside if the handlebar.
Don't try gripping the bar end and turning that, it'll just bugger up the bar end, as it will just spin on the screw

maviczap · 30-10-08, 06:56 PM

Oh yes, the screws are made of jappanese soft cheese, so using any force buggers up the cross head

dizzyblonde · 30-10-08, 07:27 PM

got mine off ok (not Suzy YC

) just a sharp clout with a hammer on the end of a screwdriver and that shocked then into loosening up....yarallwimps

maviczap · 30-10-08, 07:32 PM

U wuz lucky

yorkie_chris · 31-10-08, 12:27 AM

Cheese or not, impact driver pressing bit into the head as well as turning it usually gets them off. Pretty much anywhere on bike not just bar end.

maviczap · 31-10-08, 08:34 AM

Agreed, but only if there's enough cheese for the bit to bite on

30-10-08, 06:20 PM	#11
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: puttng motrax bar end mirrors on. +1 for plusgas GT85 also good. But an impact driver and a heavy hammer is usually the better way to do it, doesn't remove the heads of screws like a screwdriver does. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

30-10-08, 06:53 PM	#12
maviczap Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,097	Re: puttng motrax bar end mirrors on. I had a similar problem with my bar end. The screw was seized good and proper, nothing I could do about it. In the end I drilled as much of the head off the screw untill it fell apart. Then the bar can come off, leaving the remains of the screw, which I gripped with mole griprs and it came out. As usual no grease on assembly in the factory!!! You'll have trouble getting any Plus Gas anywhere near the screw thread that needs it, as the thread is on the inside if the handlebar. Don't try gripping the bar end and turning that, it'll just bugger up the bar end, as it will just spin on the screw __________________ We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Make everyday count RIP Reeder - Jolly Green Giant and comedy genius

30-10-08, 06:56 PM	#13
maviczap Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,097	Re: puttng motrax bar end mirrors on. Oh yes, the screws are made of jappanese soft cheese, so using any force buggers up the cross head __________________ We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Make everyday count RIP Reeder - Jolly Green Giant and comedy genius

30-10-08, 07:27 PM	#14
dizzyblonde Da Cake Boss Mega Poster Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a flying Horse Posts: 9,992	Re: puttng motrax bar end mirrors on. got mine off ok (not Suzy YC ) just a sharp clout with a hammer on the end of a screwdriver and that shocked then into loosening up....yarallwimps __________________ Suzy, yellow 2001 SVS. Kitty, V-Raptor 1000, ZZR1400<<its my bike now Pegasus! Hovis 13.8.75-3.10.09 Reeder 20.7.88-21.3.12

30-10-08, 07:32 PM	#15
maviczap Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,097	Re: puttng motrax bar end mirrors on. U wuz lucky __________________ We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Make everyday count RIP Reeder - Jolly Green Giant and comedy genius

31-10-08, 12:27 AM	#16
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: puttng motrax bar end mirrors on. Cheese or not, impact driver pressing bit into the head as well as turning it usually gets them off. Pretty much anywhere on bike not just bar end. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

31-10-08, 08:34 AM	#17
maviczap Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,097	Re: puttng motrax bar end mirrors on. Agreed, but only if there's enough cheese for the bit to bite on __________________ We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Make everyday count RIP Reeder - Jolly Green Giant and comedy genius

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