floor board rubber removal

[xackley]

I want to remove the rubber from the floor boards to clean up the rust. What is the safest way to pop them off without damage?
Thank you
Don

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

On the 2003 EV? Are they the type that are glued on or ride on rubber isolators?

[Tom H]

2004 has the rubber insulators. You just carefully push them out from the bottom with a screwdriver. 2003 should have this style.

Tom

[xackley]

Rubber insulators on mine. Ok, thats what I thought but decided to ask before I poked a hole through them.
I guess I'll soak them in hot soapy water before I try again.

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

Rubber insulators on mine. Ok, thats what I thought but decided to ask before I poked a hole through them.
I guess I'll soak them in hot soapy water before I try again.

Might help to warm them up a bit with a hair drier or heat gun.

[Ncdan]

Take them out the same way one removes a tubeless valve from a wheel. Put a little  upward pressure on the board as you take a blunt screwdriver and starting at the edges push the nipples through the hole their in, one at a time. If they are very dry rotted they will probably break off at which time replacement is the only fix.

[giusto]

and the best deal on replacement rubber is?

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

http://www.mgcycle.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=50&products_id=2544

[Ncdan]

http://www.mgcycle.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=50&products_id=2544

Well there ya go:)