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Hooper
Posted on Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 04:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I've got my new 2" drop pegs from Precision Engineering, but for the life of me I can't get the old pegs off!

I've taken the little C-clip off the bottom nub, and I assume the bolt should just come out the top. But it won't budge. Not even with a hammer or a prying tool.

Is the spring holding it tight, or is it just years of crud or corrosion? WD-40 didn't help.

What am I missing?

I've done some searching here and around the internet, but haven't found a how-to.
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Nillaice
Posted on Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 05:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Work at it.

Apply steady upward pressure on the pin and wiggle/hinge twist the peg to free the pin.
It'll go, just don't beat on it with a crescent-hammer and mushroom the end.
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Hooper
Posted on Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 10:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I worked at it...it was really gummed up in there, so it did take a TON of hammering from below, using a regular hammer, squirts of WD-40, and then hammering in the other direction (from the top) to work it through in the opposite direction so the lube could do its job. I had to use a nail setting punch to push the peg through the rest of the way.

Hey, it's a 2006 Uly...it's seen a lot. Change is hard!

Thank you, Nillaice, for the reassurance that that stupid peg would eventually come out! Can't wait for a good ride on lowered pegs tomorrow!
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Terrycoxusa
Posted on Monday, April 07, 2014 - 03:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

ever hear of a "flame wrench"? I'm just sayin'................
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