How to take off Cb550 side cover badges?

[bergers]

I was taking my side covers off to touch up the black and white, but first I need to take the badges off the cover. I have no idea how to take the little clips off the plastic standoffs without grenading them into millions of pieces. Any advice?

 

[adventurco]

You should be able to bend them out with a small flathead screwdriver, if they're the kind i'm thinking of. That is, away from the plastic post.

 

[carnivorous chicken]

This can be near impossible -- those pegs are 40 years old and brittle as hell. Be careful, don't force anything, and expect to use epoxy to get them back on.

 

[bergers]

Just to clarify since I can't tell, are the little clips that go over the posts plastic or metal?

 

[carnivorous chicken]

They're metal.

 

[hillsy]

They should look like this??

In which case you need to pry each "tang" up with a small screwdriver.

 

[bergers]

They should look like this??

In which case you need to pry each "tang" up with a small screwdriver.

Yup! That's them. I'll try to be delicate, I'll update how destroyed they in a little.

 

[NoRiders]

If you can bend the small tangs up a touch you can then use long-nose pliers to screw/turn them off the pegs,a touch of lube can help. Or, snip them with side cutters and replace with new.