| Author | Message | ||
     Xbimmer |
Anybody know the best way to remove/replace the mounting pins on the stock shield? | ||
| Bienhoabob |
I used a spark plug boot removal tool and some masking tape on the shield, so as not to mar it. Worked great. | ||
| Etennuly |
As with most plastic "clip" stuff, make sure it is warmed up before trying to pop them off. | ||
| Xbimmer |
Etennuly, thanks for the warmed-up tip, not easy to remember for me in semi-cold CA. Bienhoabob, how does a boot tool help? Do you use it to push the pins back out through the shield from the back?  | ||
| Bienhoabob |
The spark plug boot tool has a Y or U type end to it. You insert the Y/U under the pin and pop it out. Tape the front part of the shield, pry out the pins from the front. Some people put soap/vaseline between the pin and shield to help it slide out. | ||
| Xbimmer |
Thanks! I was concerned about deforming the heads of the pins by prying. Just picked up some new pins and Lightning bars and spare turn signals, I can see now that the pins are thicker where they sandwich in the shield, shouldn't be that hard to pull. | ||
| Etennuly |
Once mine is up to "room" temperature I just get a hold of the windscreen itself near the pins and pull straight out. The pins will pop out one at a time. |
