Ok so here is the deal. I wanted my reflectors off and I took your advice.
1. I took a 10mm 1/4" drive deep socket and just started really reaming on the reflector. Could not believe it but the socket started warping from the heat so I stopped. Tried again with the 1/4" swivel and the same started to happen. I gave up on this advice.
2. Next I tried the grinder with cutting wheel. I'll be damned if my artificial eye didnt start acting up. I COMPLETELY missed the reflector and cut 3/4 of the way through the left side of my fork. It was about that time I noticed the reflector was not budging, it was just lighting up from the reflection of the sparks from me cutting my fork. Once again, I blame my artificial eye.
3. Grabbed my torque wrench and tried to open my cut, which would make the reflector less sticky. Torqued it to 7500lbs with the help of my H2 and the whole thing just popped off like a champagne cork. So now the left side of my fork is in twine.
4. Figured "no big deal". I applied some loctite 565 to get everything back together, without the reflector. Perfect, really starting to come together.
5. Did not notice I had a small gas leak until after I fired up the butane torch. Should have been obvious since it was a steady stream. Anyways the whole bike started on fire. Thank god I had that pipe wrench. Roasted 14 marshmallows with the wife and kids before the wire went out.
Moral of the story- Pipe wrenches get warm when roasting marshmallows. DO NOT LISTEN TO SPYMAC. Just go get a small stick instead. My hand is still burnt.
