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Gsilvernale
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 03:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

anybody removed the pins from a ULY Windshield. I have the palmer brackets and have to remove these pins - don't want to screw them or the shield up during the removal process.
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Electraglider_1997
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 03:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just put your fingers around one of the pins at a time and pull hard. That means pulling on a corner of the windscreen with your finger under the screen around the pin. They plop out but you need to exert quite a bit of force.
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Gsilvernale
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 03:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

So from the back of the windshield, pull on the pin nipple. What happens to the quarter sized cover on the front of the windshield. Does the pin seperate from it and destory it?
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Hoon
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 03:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It's fairly easy,take the flyscreen off (undo the 6 torx fasteners)and work the rubber grommits out from behind (a bit of lubrication may help but I found it easy enough without).

Strong fingers or a screwdriver are all you need. Good luck.

Edit: Ah,you're talking about the clear wind sheild pins,sorry,I've not had any experience with them-I thought you meant the lower part attached to the instrument binnacle.
I'm sure someone'll be along soon that can help.

(Message edited by hoon on March 17, 2008)
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Gsilvernale
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 03:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I am sorry, but I must be confusing on my description of the problem. I have removed the windshield from the flyscreen. The standard windshield has 4 pins that pop into the 4 rubber grommits on the flyscreen.

When using the Palmer Brackets, you have to remove the 4 rubber grommits and then the 4 pins from clear Lexan windshield. Then brackets are bolted to the FLyscreen and the window.

So my problem is in removing the pins from the windshield itself.
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Johnboy777
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 04:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i cut mine off at the base and pushed them out with a phillips head screwdriver. ...they're only a buck each.
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Fubar
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 04:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Pins were easy by pushing with pliers. Grommets were a b!tch. Cut them off.
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Gsilvernale
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 04:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My hands hurt, but I got the grommets out. (I type for living so my hands are wimpy). I used some liquid soap to lubricate the grommets and pushed them out from the front to the back.
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Strada
Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 04:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Sorry but wish I'd seen this earlier, I soaked the cowl in the sink filled with hot water to remove mine. Also, pushing then through around the edge with a blunt instrument can work.
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Sanchez
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 10:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I just did a grommet transplant yesterday. I found WD-40 and a pair of needle nose pliers to be the trick.
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