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Visor Fixing problem
Posted by 'PaulClarke' on 23 May 2011 @ 11:35

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At the last race meeting my son cross-threaded the visor fixing and the threaded insert it screws to has worked loose. I tried to get a pair of long nosed pliers behind the visor to hold the insert but all I�ve managed to do is round off the bolt head to the point where I�m going to have to drill it out. In hindsight I think the pliers were actually gripping the bolt rather than the insert � hence me being unable to separate them.
So now I somehow need to either drill out the bolt whilst getting a grip on the insert � which is freely spinning but won�t come out of the lid, or I force something between the visor and the lid to try and get the insert to pop out from the helmet shell � something I�m not keen to do in case I damage it beyond all repair.
I can�t see any way of getting access to the insert from inside the lid � lifting up the padding revealed the polystyrene core but I assume that is bonded into the shell.
If I did manage to pop out the insert can new ones be bought and glued back in place?
I really don�t want to spend �300+ on a new lid.
It�s a Bell KC-3 lid by the way.
Any advice??

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