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Old 04-03-2014, 08:54 AM   #16
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It might be an idea that when you have things apart to take them out and apply a little dab of silicone to the edge, the silicone will act like glue while still allowing a little movement due to the rubber effect.
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Old 04-03-2014, 09:55 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by wolfman46 View Post
In all fairness to Kawasaki, the weld nuts list for $6.31 and can be purchased from online parts retailers for $3.46. Still expensive but better than $10.00. What a lot of parts retailers do is work with a parts matrix program that marks up 2-3 times more than msrp for inexpensive parts, say anything less than $10.00.
The other factor is the OP lives in Canada. Everything is more spendy up there.

This project sounds like all my "5 min" projects. Seems they all end up taking a couple hours.
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