Pun intended.
So this morning I decided that it was time to take the tupperware off the R1100RT to bleed the brakes and get the bike ready to do a scheduled maintenance (other fluids were changed last November) for spring riding, (if the snow ever melts).
I removed the right side fairing, using my usually tools. No problem. When I got to the left side, I remembered reading earlier this week that someone uses a power screwdriver (with the correct allan bit) to speed up the task. Thought I'd try that. First bolt that I attempted was the lower, rear bolt, nearest the rear wheel. The battery operated screwdriver managed to strip the head of that bolt.
How to remove that bolt? What are your suggestions? My best thought would be to use long nose vice grips to unlock the bolt from behind the fairing; think that I might be able to reach it.
If you have better suggestions, please share before my mistake becomes worse.
So this morning I decided that it was time to take the tupperware off the R1100RT to bleed the brakes and get the bike ready to do a scheduled maintenance (other fluids were changed last November) for spring riding, (if the snow ever melts).
I removed the right side fairing, using my usually tools. No problem. When I got to the left side, I remembered reading earlier this week that someone uses a power screwdriver (with the correct allan bit) to speed up the task. Thought I'd try that. First bolt that I attempted was the lower, rear bolt, nearest the rear wheel. The battery operated screwdriver managed to strip the head of that bolt.
How to remove that bolt? What are your suggestions? My best thought would be to use long nose vice grips to unlock the bolt from behind the fairing; think that I might be able to reach it.
If you have better suggestions, please share before my mistake becomes worse.