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There seems to be some
confusion about just how to remove the stock footpegs in
order to install aftermarket pegs. It is not necessary to remove the bracket
to remove the stock pegs, and frankly it's a pain to do. The job is really
quite simple, once you know what you are up against.
First, get down on your
knees on the right side of the bike behind the peg
support bracket, facing forward. On the rear side of the bracket, you'll see
a hole
roughly 3/8 inch in diameter. Look into that hole and here is what you'll see:
If you look at the left side of the hole,
you can just see the threaded part of the
safety screw that keeps the peg pivot pin from backing out, and the Allen head
of the pivot pin. This threaded portion must be removed to allow the pivot pin
to be come out. It is not necessary to remove the head of the safety screw at
all.
Here is what you are trying to do. Note the threads are no longer in the hole.
Here
the road splits, as there are a couple of equally effective ways to remove
the offending part of the screw.
You can use a Dremel
grinder with a small diameter cylindrical stone to grind away
the tiny piece of the screw. Simply fire up the Dremel, insert the END of the
stone
into the hole, and wiggle it until the piece of the screw is gone. If you have
the
1/8 Dremel carbide cutters, select the one that has a flat end. The very end
will
not cut, so you can just sit it on the head of the Allen head, and against the
outer
wall of the bracket (the bracket is quite hard), and simply push the cutter
into the
screw. Be sure to wear glasses!
Another way is to use
a small 1/4 inch wide chisel. Simply slide the chisel into the
hole as near as possible to the outer edge of the hole, and give it a couple
of sharp
raps with a hammer. In a pinch, you could even sharpen the end of a small flat
blade screwdriver and use that as a chisel. Again, wear glasses!
Once you have removed
the threads, by whatever method, the peg pivot pin can be removed
using a common Allen wrench.
Here is a rather poor
shot of the head of the Phillips screw, part of which you are
trying to remove. If you could see the head clearly, you'd see the buggered
up
cross in it, due to trying to use a cut off Phillips bit to remove a screw that
was
way too tight for that. That's why I ended up using a chisel!
Hope this helps clear
up some of the confusion for future modders. Ride safe!
Thanks to Pretender from The Cafe
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