[padu_merlotti]

I just finished installing my off road package. Of course I stripped the hex head of one of the screws near the front cylinder. Took me a full week, but finally got it out. Here's what I tried:

• Used a slightly oversized torx and light tapping with a hammer
• Dremel a slot and use a big flat head with wrench
• Drilled the screw and tried to use an extraction tool - the tool broke inside the screw
• Plier trying to grab on the screw flange
• Finally I bought a welder (ARC - the wrong type) but as I was practicing welding a nut on a sacrificial screw I saw it wasn't going to work

I got fed up, got by biggest pressure plier and spent almost an hour trying to grab that screw and move an arcsecond a time.

Finally it got out... the metal of that screw is really soft, and the torque to unscrew is really high

 

[DuckDuckGoose]

Red loctite in a location that gets really hot is a bad combination! Combined with a soft screw and a really small head = forget about getting it out in one piece

 

[Toymaster]

Are the heated grips a bigger diameter than the stock oem grips and are they the same plastic feeling to them as the stock oem grips ?? Thanks

The feel is different, harder plastic on the heated grips, the outside diameter is the same. The throttle size replaces the entire throttle and the off side is secured by two screws, no adhesive required for install. The factory off side grip is an ordinary style that will need to be cut off to install the new grips.