Hi Everyone,

Some idiot with a screwdriver thought he could steal my Spyder by trashing the ignition switch. Well, he did trash the switch! And ripped the drivers-side mirror off, too. Knocked my elderly neighbor down onto the concrete when he tried to stop him. (My neighbor is bruised, but ok. I'm madder about that, than the Spyder!)

I live in Garland, TX, which is a suburb of Dallas. The couple of dealerships I've called either can't or won't help. I can fix it myself, but the insurance company tells me I need a dealership to write an estimate for the parts and labor

Long story short, I'm ready to bypass insurance and dealers altogether. But I've never worked on it w/o being able to move the handle bars or release the parking brake. I've got a stand that I use to move it around the garage, but wanted to check and see if anyone here had any experience working on a "frozen" Spyder without tearing up the tranny or something else important?

It's a 2016 RT Limited.

Thanks for any help! BeePer