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Ok, so if you saw my other thread, my bike has been running like shit - which is really killing me. It's my first bike, I had it for a month, rode about 800 miles with no problems, and had only just begun to learn how to really ride it before the engine started acting up.
That being said, since it was running poorly, I tried to start a carb cleaning tonight. I almost got the carbs completely off the bike, but then realized I needed to release the throttle cable to get them off. I took one look at the screw holding the throttle cable bracket to the carbs and realized the screw was 95% stripped by the previous owner. Here's a picture of the stripped screw:
So first I tried a large phillips head - and just stripped it slightly more. Then I tried a wrench - nothing (the screw has curved edges). Finally, I tried a GrabIt Pro drillbit (stipped screw tool). Big mistake. The bit sunk into the screw like butter and just spun - the screw is fucked.
Anyways, I need help getting this fucking throttle body bracket off the carbs so i can get the cable off of the carbs and the carbs out of the bike to clean them. I honestly have no idea what to do with this stripped screw. Maybe grind the rounded edges off of the screw and try wrenching it off?
The other thing is, I've been meaning to work on this for the past week+, but my schedule has been crazy, so tonight was the first chance I had. And after tonight, my only real window of opportunity to do this is tomorrow before noon or Sunday evening - otherwise It'll probably have to wait another week or more.
If anyone can come by and help me tomorrow morning (or Sunday afternoon), I will pay you: cash (within reason), food, booze, sexual favors (if you're a lady), you name it.
This is really stressing me out - I bought the bike to learn how to ride, not to learn how to remove stripped screws.