20,000 miles later and 13 YEARS after rolling off the assembly - Helibar installation with a broken

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    spacer/grommet...

    so I was following the instructions, and looking for pictures/hints and checking out the pics here: http://vfrworld.com/forums/mechanics-garage/15496-6th-gen-heli-bar-install-see-before-you-try.html

    and since I do most of my wrenching anyways, figured I could do it, even without a vise... after creating a contraption to keep the clips pushed back inside the housing by inserting coke can tabs up at the lip, I wiggled and cursed and got the damper out, but it came out weird... stuck to one side... WTF? so I finished sliding it out and a 13 year old rubber spacer was twisted up on one side of the damper.

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    time to order some rubbers...

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    here is my coke can tab jammies at work:

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    I had hell getting the dampers out of my heli bars. I had to get help from SLOVFR who had a slide hammer and a drill press. we put them in a vise, drilled out the little divets, and then used the slide hammer to pull them out. They were still hard to remove even after drilling. All just to put some damn vibranators in. I hope those fuggers do something after all that!
     
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    my knee jerk reaction got me to order two of the rubber grommets at $2.95 each, and then I realized that the front grommet was also split on the side I pulled out... so I fumed some more, did a little research and said the hell with some rusted old weights, I'm stickin the old rusty's back into the stockers and I'll be putting the vibranators in the Heli's... I hope they show up on days that the wife works late... I don't need the drama
     
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    shit. the wife got the package in the mail. oh well... Heli's went on, Vibranators went in and the banshee peeled out of formation to do some hammerheads... YEAHHHHHHH.... changed out the grips at the same time, Heli's definitely make a difference in position. Vibranators... are there. I've been off the bike for a week so I don't know if there's much difference. Just happy to be back in the wind.
     
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