Simple question from a real rookie...how do remove a push pin? Simply pull or pry with a flathead screw driver. I'm attempting to install NBVs.
Thanks in advance...
John
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Simple question from a real rookie...how do remove a push pin? Simply pull or pry with a flathead screw driver. I'm attempting to install NBVs.
Thanks in advance...
John
Pry up the center spade with a flat head screw driver, Then the pin will lift out. :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by mrfats
If you look at the head of the push rivet, you'll see a slot in the side, a flat bladed screwdriver in the slot will lift the center section, then you can pop out the outer section.
john
this is how I do it "JOE HELP ME! I CAN'T GET THIS STUPID THING OFF"
Fascinating! In almost five years I can't remember anyone ever asking this question, then we get three separate inquiries in a week. Time for another video, Arntufun.
it's kind of refreshing to have a new issue.:D
Scotty, when I say rookie, I mean it! :yikes: Hopefully I'll get to prove that to you at Lamont's BBQ!! I called my dealer and asked how you remove a push pin...he said with push pin pliers!! Duh....:banghead:
Oh, I'm not concerned that you are a rookie. Everybody started somewhere. What fascinates me is that nobody ever asked before this week.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrfats
Those push pins gave me trouble a few weeks a go fitting the NBV highway brackets...actually asked the question here and got a heap of replies.....i found that one screwdriver push the pin skew so used two to pull the pin back far enough to get hold of by hand. Works a charm, then the outer part sit loose and easy to get out. Everyone warned against losing them on the floor....keep them together in a container they have the tendency to go walk about!
Just check on the rubber grommet in the body work, especially the one closest to your knee when you refit the cover...make sure the pin goes in straight and not catch the side of the grommet. Mine did and the grommet tore and now the panel is loose. Looking for replacement grommets but a bit if a mission.
:agree: I have done dozens of mods on my Spyder and 100% of my knowledge came from SpyderLovers.com members!!! Members are extremely generous here.Quote:
Originally Posted by NancysToy
I installed my Triple-Play in Scotty's (NancysToy) driveway in 2009 with help from Firefly, who I had met a few weeks before at the Gilmore Motorcycle event...of which Scotty was the master judge (or something like that).
This site ROCKS!!! :bowdown:
When you are using the screw driver, use your fingers of the other hand to protect against the blade slipping. I've removed these push pins countless times; but, the other week the blade slipped and I scratched the tupperware. You can't see the scratch b/c it was on the 'Y' panel part that is under the seat on my GS.
The first time i ran into push pins after 40 years of playing with bikes was a few years ago changing oil on a 929, I felt like a rank novice, I had to go down to a Honda dealer and buy an extra pack of pins to replace the broken ones.:opps:
So now that push-pins have been adequately explained; what's next? :dontknow:
Octane and what do the numbers mean;ie 87,89, 91. 93.:ohyea:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Denman
Go to hardware store, purchase simple tack puller, it’s best thing I’ve founf, D-Daddy
You can buy one or make one. Have several sizes in an auto panel tool kit. Common screwdriver works too.
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Push Pin Pliers work wonderfully. They can be purchased at several tool venders. Harbor Freight has them for $8.99.
When I went to Harbor Freight several years ago looking for push pin pliers I was disgusted at the entire inventory of my local store; there wasn't a single pair that had smoothly finished, even meeting jaws, so I ordered a pair of Lisle pliers from a local auto parts store. In my tool boxes, a sh**ty tool is worse than no tool at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by jiffy
Good to see someone with high standards and the cash to afford them. Carry on!!!
Thank, have a great weekend!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eckhard
Sorry about your experience at Harbor Freight. Maybe you should take another look at their current inventory. They have tools for folks with lesser standards than you. They also have tools that are all polished and shiny. If that is important.
Harbor Freight items are getting better. Not all of them but do see a lot of improvement across the board. There extended reach Jack's are great. I use it for most of my automotive lifting and and the Spyder at times too.
The push pull pliers dont work well IMO. But if the ends were filed down a bit they would work better on the push pull pins.