MOUAHAHAHAAHAHAHA !!

Hell, those clips worth nothing that's for sure, but they are hell easy to remove . .

Anyways.. I'll put Bolts to replace some of them . . .

 

You know....THAT is why I posted the question.....I knew that someone would have THE answer that would just make me sit back and say "Now why didn't <u>I</u> think of that!"

 

i like that tree one maybe i could put a post in the garage to use when i need to remove the plastic.

 

Better yet, we could take a 4 ft long treated 4x4 post and wittle one end down to about the size of a baseball bat handle. Then we would have a portable post so that you could work on your quad wherever you are(like at the dunes). We could market them nationally and make a fortune!!

 

Not to rain on anybody's parade, but the Yamaha clips are less expensive than Honda's - and they are the same exact thing. $0.21 vs. $0.47 each from the dealer. Maybe you don't want a Hondaha, but a lot of Honda owner's leave my shop without knowing the difference - other than they've saved a couple of bucks [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

As far as removing the clips - I use a $4.99 CV joint boot clamp tool from Autozone - it has flat jaws that fit behind the head of the clip and then just pivot the pin out - for the tough to reach clips, I use a pair of diagonal wire cutters.

 

dude, flat head screwdriver and some finger strength. that's all u need. i removed the plastic on my beat-to-crap 400EX plastic easily 100 times in about 6 months or less, and I never ruined one, and they never gave me a problem. way too much thought has been put into this post. although, i do kind like the "roll it down a hill" idea.

 

Honda takes the cake for plastic trim clips. It wouldn't bother me except between the bikes and ATV's they must use 8 different kinds. As far as the ones they use to hold the mudflaps on ATV fenders, they are about as easy reusable as it gets. I (like some others mentioned here) use two screwdrivers to pop the center up, and a sidecutters to leverage them out. When they get all grody with sand and pooh, which makes them kinda stubborn to deal with, I use silicone spray and a little compressed air. It makes them work really easy again.

 

a nail puller has worked for me. But the cv tool is something I am going to take a look at.

Thanks,

Tom

 

there has to be something somewhere to replace these thigns with something else... i think i am going to spend some time at the local hardware store to see if i can find a suitable replacement....

 

its just cosmetic crap i use zip ties they hold togather just fine