spooph said:
I agree. Try Indie's way first, and then Felix's way.. When tapping the bolt with a hammer, get a solid steel rod of some sort to transfer the hammer hits to the bolt, and don't be afraid to really wack that bolt, just pay attention to the head after every hit. If you start bending and molding the head into something different, it's time to stop...
Hey! Well.. I had to make a decision because this thing was not only almost completly stripped, but jesus christ it was lodged in there big time. I first got a drill bit and tried to drill into it to catch it and rip the head off, but that literally HOLLOWED out this school. Then I got my mallet and tapped it, which moments later turned into swinging full force with a nail hammer haha.. so I said screw it, the heat shield is rusted in a couple spots, a few scratches here and there, and I am getting on this damn pipe TONITE!
So, long story short, took the drill and drill bit ad drilled through on all sides, making sure I didn't penetrate too far on any side. Then I took a chisel and really banged out the sides to try and make it lose its threading, which finally worked and I was able to use the drill bit to get it far eough out until I used needle nose to pull them out.
IN SHORTER SHORT- destroyed the HELL out of the heat shield, I will post a picture a little later on.. you guys will get a great laugh out of it, picturing me cursing like a sailor with a mad look in my eye- and because of this small scrafice (the stock exhaust is fine) my new HMF pipe is installed (minus heatshield, which I was just so exhausted I will do a little later)
I love it! Was a total mess to push that thing in.. used wd-40 and after about twenty minutes experimented with Pam and it worked better! Slipped that baby right in!
So, with sore fingers, a single bloodblister, and a lot of pride, my HMF pipe is installed correctly and looking great, nevermind sounding PHENOMONAL, and my ZG DB windshield is also taken care of since I used some electrical tape and a threaded nut that matched the stock screw and got it atleast a little torqued onto the screen, so is atleast visually pleasing
Pictures up ASAP! Presidents Day so no class, I am going to take a nap (I worked on all of this from 3 a.m. to nearly 8:30 a.m., among some other small projects with my bike) and then finish the heat shield and take her for a short ride!
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions, and a special thanks to Delta because last night on chat she was the one who gave me the idea to use the drill bit.. which failed miserably- but led me to be motivated enough to drill, mallet, hammer, screw, pull, push, and sweat into the night and early morning and get this damn stuff done! Thanks to everyone else too, spooph, Felix, Indie, Thankya Thankya
