Rounded bolts.

[Chancebmx25]

once again thanks to all who kindly took there time to actually reply to this thread. much appreciated.

[Ocean1]

the bikes not mobile. so im gonna pick up some easy outs tomoz and just crack at it. should be sweet. doing my research on it now.

If the bolt head's been fucked trying to loosen it then an easy out will break. Guaranteed. That's when your problems really start.

Do the Drew thing. Use a pilot drill, say 4mm, and make fucking sure you get it exactly on centre. Then use a drill half a mm larger than the bolt, take it easy and stop as soon as it's through the head. Once the rearset's gone you'll have 5 -6mm of bolt shank to grip.

If that fails then you drill the bolt out, and if you're accurate enough all that's left is the thread itself, which pulls out like a spring.

[lukemillar]

its got an allen head. im gonna try easy outs tommrow. but cheers for the advice.

I would try hammering a 1/4 drive torx bit into the rounded hole. I have got a load of bolts out with this method. If that fails, then you can try the easy out, but this is quicker and easier

[The Stranger:Me]

cheers man ill take this all into account thanks for the offer aswell. but i should have it sussed. bikes not mobile but im gonna try easy outs tommorow. cheers

So how'd it go?

[Chancebmx25]

So how'd it go?

easy outs couldnt seem to get hold of any. did some research. ended up using a chizel on an angle giving it a fairly evenish it.. took a few hits and boom it moved. so continued to hit it around being careful about not slipping and driving a chizel into my frame and up until when it got real loose then boom i turned it the rest of the way and out she came.

[imdying]

Ezyouts are the devils work if you don't know how to use them, avoid them until you've been given the skinny on how to use one (which basically entails drilling the bolt out as far as possible... they don't take out seized fasteners that are still solid).

[unstuck]

Ah well,at least ya got it out aye. Well done for your persistence.

[tigertim20]

VICEGRIPS???

if his rearsets are like some Ive seen, you wont be able to get the buggers in there, as they can often be recessed into a groove

they are called easy outs, drill a hole then using their threaded self tapping 'bits' screw it in the outwards direction and just keep going till the fucker comes out!

Also I've had some good results by drilling through with the right sized bit until the head pops off, remove your rearset and get some vice grips onto what is left of the bolt. Tap whats left of the bolt with hammer a few times first to dislodge any bonds in the thread.

+1, usually my go to tactic for getting fucked bolts out. everyone should have easy outs in their tool kit!

Grind or FILE two flat parallel faces ... and use a spanner as usual ...

helpfull!

easy outs couldnt seem to get hold of any. did some research. ended up using a chizel on an angle giving it a fairly evenish it.. took a few hits and boom it moved. so continued to hit it around being careful about not slipping and driving a chizel into my frame and up until when it got real loose then boom i turned it the rest of the way and out she came.

Nice, that was the other suggestion I was going to make. You may find that easy outs are a good investment, any halfway decent tool or engineering shop will have them (look further than ripco and supershit).

With older bikes, when you want to do your own maintenance, youll often come across fucked bolts etc that some cock has previously butchered, If as you say you want to do your own work on it, Go get some easy outs, sooner or later, you'll use 'em!

[Chancebmx25]

if his rearsets are like some Ive seen, you wont be able to get the buggers in there, as they can often be recessed into a groove


+1, usually my go to tactic for getting fucked bolts out. everyone should have easy outs in their tool kit!

helpfull!


Nice, that was the other suggestion I was going to make. You may find that easy outs are a good investment, any halfway decent tool or engineering shop will have them (look further than ripco and supershit).

With older bikes, when you want to do your own maintenance, youll often come across fucked bolts etc that some cock has previously butchered, If as you say you want to do your own work on it, Go get some easy outs, sooner or later, you'll use 'em!

yer hardowt. ive slowly being replacing a majority of the bolts when i find the butchered from the clean. so far so good. and yer a decent engineering shop like u said should have them.... i went to mitre10 and they sold me a screw extractor that claimed it was the shit and that it would remove anything rounded. tried it and it snapped. my drill just destroyed the fuck out of it. i was like... mmmmm okay i think im gonna return this. after a bit of an argument today with the lady behind the counter i finally got my money back. But yer... not really trusting them places anymore. they higher too many kids fresh from school... cant seem to get thea heads in the pratical feild. there basically just there to make the shop look good. p a t h e t i c

[tigertim20]

yer hardowt. ive slowly being replacing a majority of the bolts when i find the butchered from the clean. so far so good. and yer a decent engineering shop like u said should have them.... i went to mitre10 and they sold me a screw extractor that claimed it was the shit and that it would remove anything rounded. tried it and it snapped. my drill just destroyed the fuck out of it. i was like... mmmmm okay i think im gonna return this. after a bit of an argument today with the lady behind the counter i finally got my money back. But yer... not really trusting them places anymore. they higher too many kids fresh from school... cant seem to get thea heads in the pratical feild. there basically just there to make the shop look good. p a t h e t i c

with easy outs etc, you probably want to do it by hand rather than with a drill, Putting it in a drill would make it more likely to snap Id think.

Yeah good tools go to the guys that specialize in good tools!

[Chancebmx25]

with easy outs etc, you probably want to do it by hand rather than with a drill, Putting it in a drill would make it more likely to snap Id think.

Yeah good tools go to the guys that specialize in good tools!

yer agreed. all i gotta do now is play the waiting game for my rearsets and fairings. meanwhile im still on the hunt for that painter to match my tank. and im polishing my frame at the same time. taking ages but im getting there, one side near completion.

[pete376403]

A problem with conventional easy-outs (the tapered kind) that they can expand the bolt as they are being wound in, thus jamming it (the bolt) tighter.
I've few parallel shank extractors, they are tapped into the hole in the bolt and the flutes dig into the walls of the hole.
Extractors of either kind require a degree of care, they are dead hard steel so when you snap one off inside the bolt your troubles are raised to a whole 'nother level.

[tigertim20]

yer agreed. all i gotta do now is play the waiting game for my rearsets and fairings. meanwhile im still on the hunt for that painter to match my tank. and im polishing my frame at the same time. taking ages but im getting there, one side near completion.

Frame polishing looks good when done well, Drunkenmistake is thinking about doing that (But he is a lazy cunt, and every time he wants to do something to his bike, I end up fuckin doing it for him!). You getting tyga sets and fairings? DM just bought a fuckload of Tyga stuff, hes bought loads of shit from them

A problem with conventional easy-outs (the tapered kind) that they can expand the bolt as they are being wound in, thus jamming it (the bolt) tighter.
I've few parallel shank extractors, they are tapped into the hole in the bolt and the flutes dig into the walls of the hole.
Extractors of either kind require a degree of care, they are dead hard steel so when you snap one off inside the bolt your troubles are raised to a whole 'nother level.

OOOOH yeah, Ive been down that road more than once!!

[Chancebmx25]

Frame polishing looks good when done well, Drunkenmistake is thinking about doing that (But he is a lazy cunt, and every time he wants to do something to his bike, I end up fuckin doing it for him!). You getting tyga sets and fairings? DM just bought a fuckload of Tyga stuff, hes bought loads of shit from them


OOOOH yeah, Ive been down that road more than once!!

yer bro he goes on about it... fuck hes got too much mo-Ney lol. Im getting a set of fairings from yes you know it. fleabay!@ a particular user though... that everyone keeps on pointing out.. at Rgv.co.uk. ive being talking to him for a bit. i think hes asian but he can type some decent english man. i fully explained to him how i want this that blah blah. replys... oh yep sweet as... give me two days or some shit.. i was like.. aye??? you replied... especially saying the words sweet as and cheers. i was like....ermmm......' mean '..lol but when he got back to me with the designs i was like sh-IT. thats onto it. He listened. i wanted the pillion space filled in (race tail).. both front mirror holes and indicator holes filled (mounting my own). a slight incision on both sides. for where the kick starter sits instead of it hitting the fairing... and match on the other side so it looks normal. an extension on the bottom cowling to go under the stand and slip up more kinda like the tyga you could say. and yer.... he managed to come up with something nice. so i told em to paint em up in the rizla colours. and then yer thats pretty much all there is too it. lol we kinda being chatting about it for the last week. or so. but overall not bad. feedback is great aswell. some complain about fitment. but when its on a 250 not much to really put on compared to a 600 or bigger. and alot of the people whom do complain about fitment and having to minor adjust things own 600's or bigger. if you know what i mean. like my bikes fairings in total is only held on with 6 screws. some consist of shitloads.

[gatch]

Good work that man. Judicious use of a hammer.

Who would have thought.