Bluebyyou
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Gettin My Curve On
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posted April 08, 2009 06:05 AM
Front fender brake line retainers?
The little black ringed retainers for the brake lines, How the heck do you remove these without breaking them or the front fender??? They are really in there.
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kenneth charles
Parking Attendant
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posted April 08, 2009 06:43 AM
release them from the under side of the fender.have two tabs that spread out when they go through the fender.unbolt the fender,needle nose pliers.
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gumbybob
Novice Class
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posted April 08, 2009 08:12 AM
 Edited By: gumbybob on 8 Apr 2009 16:13
I had the same problem with one of mine. Two came off no problem. One was on to stay....or so I thought.
It's too tight to get behide it to push it out with the fender in place. I got a set of needle nose pliers and got ahold of one side of the retainer right at the base and twisted the bottom inward
toward the hose to force the tab on the back side of the retainer in toward the center of the hole. And out it came.
If worse comes to worse, just cut the clips to release the hose, and order new clips. They gotta be cheap.
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ave8er
Novice Class
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posted April 08, 2009 08:28 AM
take one side out at a time, they are split and it is easier to get one leg out of the hole then the other.
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gumbybob
Novice Class
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posted April 08, 2009 09:32 AM
I agree
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INTIMIDA2OR
Needs a life
RED rider!
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posted April 08, 2009 11:12 PM
I hate those things! And the plastic snap things ... and the rubber well nuts that tear and come apart whe you are almost done putting the plastics back on lol. But yah you need to get at them brake line things from underneath for the best results. 
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LAB3
Needs a job
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posted April 09, 2009 01:49 AM
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I hate those things! And the plastic snap things ... and the rubber well nuts that tear and come apart whe you are almost done putting the plastics back on lol. But yah you need to get at them brake line things from underneath for the best results.
I called Desmoparts 713-222-0832 the 6mm for the air box are like .70 cents each.
5mm for fairing were less even got extra clear washers. 111 piece stainless screw kit for
ZX-14 allen head was $40.00 with nylon washers.
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Bluebyyou
Expert Class
Gettin My Curve On
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posted April 09, 2009 02:48 AM
I got them out. Damaged one, doh!!
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KaiBosh
Novice Class
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posted April 09, 2009 08:49 AM
Don't listen to anyone who tells you there is some magic way to get these out nicely. It is simply a matter of luck, even when you have perfect access to the back side you can chew the crap out of the 'barbs' and you will still end up breaking them the odd time when you try to pop them out.
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