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The other one UK is AKD and RER. Yeah, go ahead, Lou. Yeah, I was listening in on your conversation there, and you know, these places that do that kind of work, I don't know if they don't know or whatever, but if there's enough meat left, even if you would strip the mold out or whatever, you know, what it's taken out, they've got healing coils or inserts, threaded inserts that can be put in the hands like that, and you know, take care of that without having to replace the hand totally. You know, there's all kinds of different things that can be done. I was a machinery repairman at General Motors, and I drilled out hundreds of screws, and they even had some I had to grind out with a little die grinder because they were so small, but yeah, there's all kinds of things that can be done to fix that, and I think that's way overcharged for that kind of thing anymore, so that's ridiculous. Anyway, good luck on that. If I was up there or near you, I'd try to help you out. I've got all kinds of tools and stuff, and I've got a gazillion tools around here. So, we'll head back to you, General. Yeah, I'll tell you, a couple of people said the same thing, you know. If they were up there, they'd go give me a hand with it easily enough, but unfortunately, if that's something I can go and tackle myself. Now mind you, if it was a computer that had some issue with it, I'd pull it apart right down to the screws and be able to fix it, no trouble at all. I mean, I've rebuilt the files, the repeater here, and that's something I've never done before, but I was able to do it and get it done. But yeah, it's just a pain, man. I wasn't expecting yesterday when I went out, it was the best thing to take it for a ride, that I was, you know, going to have to deal with that kind of stuff. But it is what it is, I suppose. Like, full of all kinds of fun surprises. Yeah, dude, I spoke to. Let me reset. In the field that I spoke to at the first mechanic place this morning, the guy that came to the rescue so far, he said that. He said he may just be able to drill it out and then put another stud in, put the exhaust gasket kit in there, and bolt it all back together, and it may just be fine. But if it's broke off right down to the, even with the side of the head, then he said that's a different story. It's going to need probably a header pipe if it's bent at all, because it has to make a perfect seal. And he said if it's the header pipe is bent or that stud is broke off too close, he said he's going to have to try to drill it out. And if he has to drill it out, then there's a chance that it could damage the head further, he might need a head, he got one. He's got them in the grabs. This is a place that does work on quads. And it's one of the smaller businesses around that does that work. If I was to call Yamaha or Honda or something like that, it'd be probably a grander more. And at that point, I think I'd just be starting to look for a different bike, but this one, I mean, it's solid. It gets me up mountains, it gets me down trails, it's decent on the road, you know, it's nice and stable. I can let go of the handlebars and it doesn't drift one side or the other. A friend of mine has a Honda and if you let go of the bars, it just pulls to one side and you need the wheel alignment. I had all that stuff done a few years back, you know, everything was all tightened up and done the way it was supposed to be done. And this is the first issue I've had with it and it looks like someone kicked it, to be honest with you, because it wouldn't just happen like this. I mean, the bolt is snapped completely off and you can take the header clip with your hand and it just rattles like a can with a rock in it. Okay, I got the picture all bad, you know, but you know, like I say, there's so many things they could do to, like Terry was talking about, I've done the same type of thing as take another bolt or a nut or something where you could use that as a center. And center it up and while you either that or you want to use a pin prick punch, put a center, you know, little spot in there where you drill it out. And then once you get it drilled out, if you drill it all the way through, then spray like BB blaster or something like that around there and let it soak. And it'll help break that loose. If not, then they've got these little micro torches that they can heat that screw up a little bit enough to get it broken loose and get it out because usually screws like that around exhaust and everything, you know, are a little tighter than what you would normally have other screws in different parts of your vehicle. So anyway, I know that's not helping you a bit, but anyway, that's pretty profound. So anyway, good luck on that and hope you get it fixed and not too much cost. So with that, G-88, RER cleared. Cool, thanks for the advice. I looked at a few videos yesterday and it's back on the outside my wheelhouse, that's for sure. Even to get right there to remove the parts of the subframe to get at the motor. And I mean, this thing normally purrs like a kitten, man. First click it starts every time. I mean, it's