delburnman
Tuned and Synch'ed
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Help!
It's cold outside in Australia so I want to fit grip warmers to my Bellagio. Ordered a lovely set of "Heat Demons" off the net, good quality unit with a nice chrome switch and heaters that fit inside the handlebars. Struck a small problem and hoping someone out there can help:
The ends of my handlebars are fitted with anti-vibration thing-a-me-bobs: nice chrome ends held in place with a 6mm Allen Screw. The screw fits into a tapped plug that looks like it's simply jammed into the end of the bars, (appears to be not welded).. The Bellagio parts manual lists these plugs as "Balancing...part no. GU03602760" but doesn't say how they are held into the bars. Looking carefully at the drawing of the item it seems that the inner end might have a split along it's axis: it would make sense that this would be a simple interferance fit inside the handlbar.
Problem is I can't shift the bastards. Tried multi-grips: wouldn't move. Tried tapping inwards with a hammer: wouldn't budge. Tried compressed air thru the screw hole, (could have shot myself if it came out but it didn't. Tried making a puller by fitting a socket over the plug with a screw into the thread: broke the screw! (luckily with enough showing so I could remove the broken bit).
Am assuming that these anti-vibration do-hickies might be fitted on other Moto Guzzi models, has anyone had success in removing the plugs??? How???
Graeme
Bellagios are best
It's cold outside in Australia so I want to fit grip warmers to my Bellagio. Ordered a lovely set of "Heat Demons" off the net, good quality unit with a nice chrome switch and heaters that fit inside the handlebars. Struck a small problem and hoping someone out there can help:
The ends of my handlebars are fitted with anti-vibration thing-a-me-bobs: nice chrome ends held in place with a 6mm Allen Screw. The screw fits into a tapped plug that looks like it's simply jammed into the end of the bars, (appears to be not welded).. The Bellagio parts manual lists these plugs as "Balancing...part no. GU03602760" but doesn't say how they are held into the bars. Looking carefully at the drawing of the item it seems that the inner end might have a split along it's axis: it would make sense that this would be a simple interferance fit inside the handlbar.
Problem is I can't shift the bastards. Tried multi-grips: wouldn't move. Tried tapping inwards with a hammer: wouldn't budge. Tried compressed air thru the screw hole, (could have shot myself if it came out but it didn't. Tried making a puller by fitting a socket over the plug with a screw into the thread: broke the screw! (luckily with enough showing so I could remove the broken bit).
Am assuming that these anti-vibration do-hickies might be fitted on other Moto Guzzi models, has anyone had success in removing the plugs??? How???
Graeme
Bellagios are best