Sometimes you need to get things started with a flat piece of metal to span the whole head. A steel door strike plate for instance, held with a pair of vise grips.   
  

  
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> On Jul 26, 2020 at 2:02 PM,  <Dieseldoofus (mailto:dieseldoofus@gmail.com)>  wrote:
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>  It seems that all of the force of the universe cannot back out the large flat-blade screwdriver bolts holding the luggage rack down on my Westy. I would like to clean mine out as well, but that aint happening. Luckily mine is garaged at the moment.  
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> >  On Jul 26, 2020, at 7:54 AM, Jim. Felder  <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>  wrote:  
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> >  I have always parked my 83 Westy under the same tree, which sits over a driveway. The “luggage rack” tends to fill with sticks and leaves which fill up the five scupper holes in the Fiberglas. When this happens the depression in the rack fills with rainwater which takes a day or so to drain out. Worse, the water and debris slops over the side and down the front windows when I make a turn.  
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> >  Every two years or so I remove the Fiberglas and pressure was the debris. I have always meant to install screens over (under, actually) the holes to at least keep the cavity underneath the Fiberglas clean and to make the rack easier to clean of debris with a hose.  
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> >  Yesterday I pulled the top and hot glued reinforced window screen over holes on the underside. Will let you know how it goes.  
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