3rd doohickey upgrade/ skidplate bolts

[W.V. Doran]

I used a Dremel tool with a cutting wheel to cut slots in what was left of the fastners then used a screw driver and ajustable wrench (fit on blade) to remove them. Cake. WVDoran Scottsdale, AZ

--- On Tue, 10/6/09, Jeff Saline wrote: From: Jeff Saline Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] 3rd Doohickey Upgrade To: spike55_bmw@... Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 4:07 PM On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:56:48 -0000 "spike55_bmw" writes: SNIP Now I have to deal with the metal skidplate with > messed up allen-head bolts. > > Don R100, A6F <><><><><><> <> <><><><><><> <> Don, If the bolts are still installed and the sockethead is messed up here's a suggestion for removal. Get a nut for each bolt. Something that is thick and maybe has a hole just smaller than the outside diameter of the bolt head. Take the bike to an exhaust shop and ask them to weld the nuts to the heads of the bolts. They just plug weld the center of the nuts to the bolt heads. Then put a wrench on the outside of the nut and back the nut and bolt out. I had to do this on my bike his year. It works best if you weld the nut on the bolt with the messed up head. : ) I had to buy two bolts to fix the original one damaged bolt after welding the nut on the wrong bolt the first time. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads. org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT . ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ Click for online loan, fast & no lender fee, approval today http://thirdpartyof fers.juno. com/TGL2141/ fc/BLSrjpTIpd4yV aqClxHKSubgVSMvb jbTQXGCWzL0sdsj0 gefMuyMsTnxBi4/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]