On 2004-12-08, chuckk > wrote:

> The problem with heat is the surrounding plastic and paint.

Yup -- that's why I didn't think of trying it.

> It usually takes serious heat to loosen things up. The thread
> lock may actually be rust on the part of the screw that was
> exposed on the inside of the windshield frame or top frame.

The replacement screws that came with the retrofit kit had an
orange coating on the threads, and it looks like the original
ones had the same stuff on them.

> Bother!

That wasn't quite the word I used...

> A possibility for a heat source might be a soldering gun with
> a small tip (Filed down tip)

The current plan is to try to drill out the ez-out with a
cobalt drill bit. If that doesn't work, it's Dremel time.

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