Any suggestions on Plastic rivets removal?

[scwingman]

2021 RT

Purchased some lights from TricLED and it requires removing the 4 screw rivets on the saddle bags.

Any suggestions on how to get these out. The screw just turns???

Thanks for any help or suggestions

SCWingman

[RICZ]

Those are not screws! Lift the center pin (round head) with a screwdriver and remove. Then lift out the other part. Harbor Freight has 2 tools to make the job easier....here's one....

https://www.harborfreight.com/search...20pin%20pliers

Here's another....

https://www.harborfreight.com/nylon-...-pc-63594.html

[K80Shooter]

RICZ is correct, they are not screws per say but just look like screws. A tiny flat screwdriver or an o-ring pic will lift them enough to remove the whole pin. Some say to throw away the plastic screw looking pin and to replace it with a real screw about the same size for easy removal next time.

[JimboRTS]

Yesterday I removed the same. Screw turned out than I pulled it out with a needle nose pliers. Next pulled the rivet out. It went fine.
Jim

[RayBJ]

The screw-type (cross-point center) needs gentle backing out for it to come out enough to grab.
The flat center type needs the center cap lifted up at least 1/2 way then lift out the rivet body.
They are reusable to a point but amazon home depot or lowes sell them cheap.

[cbredneck]

See fix for buried push pins 05-19-2021

https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/...ried+push+pins

[Big Mac]

I've just had my first encounter with the famous plastic rivets around the saddlebags.

At first, I wondered what all the fuss was about as the first 3 came out easily. But then I tried the fourth!!

It just turned round and round, so I ended up drilling a tiny hole in the centre pin and screwing a small metal woodscrew into it (to about 1/4" depth). That gripped really well so then I was able to simply grab the woodscrew in some long nose pliers and pull everything out just fine (no turning needed).

That worked so well that I think I will just pre-drill a similar hole in all the centre pins and put them back in place like that. If any should prove a problem in the future, I believe the same trick will work (though I might also use cbredneck's tip too, for backup).

I do hope the person who invented these particular rivets - AND the people who specified them for use on the Spyder - have all been fired!

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[BertRemington]

While there are few "screw" type pushpins (eg, on evap pre-filter) on my 2014 RT-S, I don't like pushpins in general and continued my replacement of Torx (and many hex) machine screws with M5 and M6 flanged button-head stainless steel hex drive machine screws which I carried over to pushpins. Stainless steel is easy to see in dark corners. Hex drive allows the use on ball end wrenches. And replacing the pushpins means I only need two tools rather than three.

To replace the pushpins I used pre-bulbed rivet nuts (aka PlusNuts) that are appropriate for thin material. You will need the Astro Pneumatic extra long LM5M and LM6M mandrels to set the nuts. From my perspective a truly great improvement for working on my Spyder.

[FrogmanDave]

You will never need any other tool that is not included in this case for panels, plastic rivets, christmas trees, or any other push fastener. It even includes connector depinning tools. The quality is great!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[RayBJ]

I like the plastic rivets for the ease of removal and reinstallation vs. nuts & bolts. If a 'screw' type becomes hard to back out, just use a thin metal screw (sheetrock 1 in?) in it's place.

[D-Daddy]

I have used all suggestions, I find a inexpensive tack removal tool works best. D-Daddy