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[Twolanerider]

I guess I wont bitch about the well-nuts any more.

Definitely don't.  I still remember, I don't have a clue how many years ago, the first time I took the screen off a Tour Glide (wellnuts like the Road Glide).  Of course one of the swelled up wellnuts just turned.  Probably several did, but who cares.  I said bad words and berated the the ancestry of wellnuts everywhere.

Then.... literally less than a week later, ran in to my first instance of a ruined brass insert on a buddy's bike.  Quickly realized I LOVED the sacrificial and (really) easy to use wellnuts.  Wellnuts are our friends (just don't buy them at the bike shop). 

[ACfixer]

A lot of good tips, and plenty to put fear into the heart of a new RGU owner wanting to try out windshields! 

[CannonBall]

Every time I hear of this problem, I cringe at the memory of watching the service tech install my windscreen with a cordless drill...

[ultrafxr]

Every time I hear of this problem, I cringe at the memory of watching the service tech install my windscreen with a cordless drill...

Even is he had the torque setting dialed down I'd certainly be fearful he would overtorque it nonetheless.  I'm very careful whenever I remove my shield and my outer fairing even from my bat wing bikes.  Those brass inserts are sonic welded into the plastic and while usually pretty stout they can come loose.  Had it happen on my '06 on the center of the windshield.  Fortunately no problem getting it out and a little JB Weld did the trick.   

[King Glide]

I helped a buddy after he had spun one. I went to lowes and bought a couple slightly different types, did a modification by grinding the diameter of one that had a very course thread on the outside, presumably for wood. Added a dab of epoxy and screwed it into the hole in the fairing, cutting a thread in the plastic. Worked like a charm.

[p_borkowski]

I took it to the dealer and they told me since I did it I was paying for it, not the warranty.  If they fixed it it was $98 an hour.  I took it home and fixed it myself, pulled out the insert, tapped the threads and reinstalled with some JB weld. The part I need is $107 and only takes about 45 minutes to get apart. An obtw the new rg fairing is a lot easier to take off than the older style.  If it pulls out again I will look for the threaded inserts, those inserts sound like the repair inserts Harley has for the Electra glides. Brass melted into plastic will never be a good idea, just saying. Thanks for all the help everyone. Paul

[zigzag930]

i Just posted the same issue to a new thread.  I didn't see this one, even though I used the search engine.

Anyway.. How did you guys get that screw out?  Did you drill it?  I've been turning, prying, etc and I can't get it to come loose.  Just keeps spinning.

This is a '15 CVO RGU, so from what I'm reading I have a brass insert on the other side of the fairing that has come loose from something?  The speaker box?

I'd really like to know of any other options to get it out.

[King Glide]

I answered in the other thread but, if the screw is still in the female, take something like a screw driver, tape it up so nothing gets scratched and pull it out by putting the screwdriver between the fairing and the chrome trim and use the trim as a lever, once the brass insert spins there isn't anything you can do but pull it out of the inner fairing because the hole it's in is already honed out.
Sounds gruesome but there isn't any way to turn back.

And go slow and easy, like obb said, don't go gorilla on it.