Schools should drop sex education classes and teach lads to weld instead.
couldn't agree more. although some girls might like welding skills too! and i would have liked to learn plumbing, electrics, brick laying, dress making... in fact making anything and everything, all the skills that i've learned since leaving school i could have learned when i was a child.
[/size]If there isn't anything wrong with it, roughly mask it off with paper and spray it silver or black if you have to but personally I wouldn't recommend taking it off just to clean it. Have you got a decent torque wrench?
my standards are significantly higher than that.... yes i have two decent torque wrenches, one for high values and the other for low.
anyways: i read all the advice here and used plusgas four times in 48 hours and then heat on each stud.... 7 studs come out, 1 sheared. as i don't have welding equipment or experience the bike will go to my friendly mechanic for stud extraction. he said exactly what screwdriver says - that by the time a nut has been welding on the stud is so hot that it will come out with ease.
despite the picture posted above the appearance the front of the engine isn't that great. i did give it a once over when i refreshed the bike 3 1/2 years ago (those with good memories might recall) but at that time i concentrated on the rear - modifying and painting the swing arm etc. as i have finally agreed to sell my r6 at the end of this month to my mate that's been pestering me for it since he rode it a couple of years ago and the s1000rr shock came up i figured that now was time to break the fazer down before it becomes my only bike.
painting of removed bits has started. here the oil cooler has been cleaned ready for etching (the valve cover is for my work van, i am preparing a few under bonnet bits for that too):
and the front subframe has been cleaned up to remove the surface rust and primed ready for a tiny skim of filler. the coolant arm thing has been cleaned and etched, it's ready for silver:
a set of stainless studs and nuts has arrived, so when it all goes back together it should look pretty smart.