Removing the dash panels on a seca, please help..

Hi

I have this 83/84 750 Seca (the one with the square instruments).

My problem is that one of the two bolt holding the center plastic cover in place are really stuck. This is the plastic cover which are just below the ignition and which cover the clamps for the handlebar.

The bolt/screw head had had partially been destroyed by the PO, and I managed to use so much force that the head now have no tracks for a screwdriver :-(

So how do I get it out?
I can make a incission across the bolt head with a small dremel I have and thus make it possible to get a better hold with a screwdriver.
OR I could just remove the bolt head altogether....then I can just pull the plastic cover off....

My question is this.....
Does these two bolts hold anything else of importance in place?
If I am planning to never put the plastic cover back, does it matter if one of the bolts are stuck there with it's head filed away?

The reason for removing the plastic cover is that I bought a new handlebar and really want to put it on the bike ;-)

 

Nope, they just hold the black plastic trim panel on my 82 Seca.
You could try using your dremel ( great tool ) and see if you can cut a slot in the screws for another attempt to remove them. Give the screw head a solid wack with a hammer and punch before trying to unscrew them, may help break them free.
You could try using one of those screw extracters to see if it would work. The members have been talking about the one's that Sears sells, if you do a search for screw extracters it should come up.
You could also just cut the head off as you said and leave the screw in the hole if you want.

 

Thanks for the tip

I wish I had one of those SLAM and screw (for lack of a better term) mechanical thingys... ;-) basically it's a screwdriver attached inside a housing which when hit by a hammer on top, applies torque to the screwdriver...Basically hit it over the head and get both torque and pressure...

Anyhow, I'm a bit troubled about what might come apart if I'm applying to much power to the screw in question and it's really stuck in there.

What might it destroy if the bolt don't give in before the surrounding metal?


The PO was a slob, I think he newer ever loosened a screw on this bike, because all was stuck more or less until I applied CRC 5-56 (toolbox in a can) to them over a timespan of a couple of days before attempting to loosen them. Many have their heads mangled... A nightmare really...

F.inst: I tried to readjust my left mirror, but the part of the left instrument block where the mirror is fastened chipped of when I applied just a small amount of force with a wrench to the nuts holding the mirror.
I got myself some liquid metal alloy which supposedly can glue this stuff together, so I will try to fix it....I just can't seem to get a fix on anyone here in Norway having parts for this bike....

brgd
Dev

 

BTW:
You know what we call a screw extractor here in Norway?

It's called a "grisepikk", which roughly translates to a "pigs dick" ;-)

 

Got everything sorted out now....I had to make a deep incission with the dremel in the screw to get a hold with the screwdriver.....It came out...

Unforseen....I didn't think of the fact that the clutch and brake cables had to be rerouted somehow when fitting a shorter handlebar....Duh!

Think I have it now, atleast the cables seem to move alright.
But the mirrors are totaly off-pist....hmmmm

 

FWIW, your slam and screw thingy is called an IMPACT DRIVER.

And they are handy. And cheap.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/D ... mber=37530