bloodninja420 Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Do these always suck so bad, or am I having a bad case? I am taking off the bodywork of a new-to-me 2005 CBR that has probably been sitting more of its life than ridden. The screw portion in these particular type of plastic clips have all been seized to the point where the (soft plastic) head of the screw will strip before it ever turns. I've ended up just cutting many of them off. 2 fasteners that won't budge and will be tricky to cut are the ones that hold the air duct covers in place. Tricky to cut because I don't have access to the back of the fastener-- it hooks inside the air duct. What to do about these? Is it in any way usual for these to stick so badly? And is there anything better I can replace my cut clips with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 The 2 you can't cut can be removed with a hot metal rod of appropriate size. I'm sure someone makes replacements. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Z. Heimer Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Better I don't know. Replacements can be had at O'RIELY OR ADVANCE auto parts a lot cheaper than oem at the dealer. Can't remember which one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 The ones on my cbr sucked. I just cut them all off and put new ones on the first time I removed the body work. So much easier and less hassle. I think a bag of replacements was $3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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