Been stripping down my 93 SS ready for bits to be repainted - the 3 nuts holding the instrument surround to the fairing subframe just spin ! No visible way of holding the threaded part - looked under the foam surround at one, flat circular head visible ?? Any ideas on how to slacken these 3 nuts ? Need to remove them as I want to get subframe blasted before painting. cheers!
done the same on mine but only one spun it's a metal insert glued into the plastic , if i remember right i replaced the stud with a rubber Well-nut .
Yep, I had the same, as Portboy says the studs are spinning in the plastic. I managed to cut the nuts off mine carefully with a Junior hacksaw with very little damage to the studs. On reassembly I used standard nuts and spring washers but filed two flats on the ends of the studs so I could hold them with pliers whilst I did the nuts up the final 1/ turn. Nasher.
