I can get them out, sure, but how do you re install them?! It looks like the easiest way is to go from the back and work it in...but I"m having no luck

 

what?

 

On your windscreen there are those rubber things (whatever you'd like to call them) with the brass looking threads on the inside. Your windscreen bolts go into these. I bought a new windshield without the rubbers, so I have to remove them from the old windshield and install them on the new one. Looks like my new screen is too thick, because I managed to get the rubber back into the old screen. Time for some careful dremeling...

 

They're supposed to be single use only -- when you tighten them they compress down to about half their original length (and expand to the sides, to hold the windscreen in place). I'd buy some fresh ones before dremelling the windscreen.

 

I just put mine back in ........ 202 954. These feed into screen BEFORE it's in the fairing. Thread the screw in a couple of turns, wet the grommet, push/wiggle into hole from front, take screw out, mount into fairing location. If that fails as one of mine did, wet it and feed from the bottom as you mentioned but turn it as you use your finger nail to lift the edges.

 

I tried to re-use mine and it didn't work. You can get them cheap off ebay
I changed all the fairings to and it was easier to replace them then try to re-use them as the "V" shaped fairing had 4, where the sides met the front fairing there is 3 on each side and 1 for each side of the gas tank, So I wasn't going to waste my time trying to put them all back in.

They are called Wellnuts if you are trying to search for them.

 

If you buy a windscreen from the USA and not HK they come with Wellnuts. Now you have to spend 10-15 dollars for new wellnuts/ bolts*(as they are called on ebay).

 

Buy a few rubber well nuts, you need them in M5 thread with a medium length body.


You can however reuse the ones you have but you might need to lube them up to stuff them back in, something like wd40 will be ok.