devildogae
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Need some advice to removing a stripped (totally) front right outside fork pinch bolt, the recessed kind? Please any and all ideas are welcomedopcorn:
I'm going to go looking for left twisting drill bits tomorrow. I can't drill through the broken easy out, it's to hard, and I tried to drill it from the other side. Well I got about half way and that drill bit broke off inside. This is a mess...03bueller;299355 wrote: Holy crap that had to be tight......., I'd be careful trying to cut notches, more than likely you will twist the screwdriver with just the small end bearing surfaces. If it was tight enough to break the easy out then you may have issues. Have you tried to find left twist drill bits? Sometimes those are capable of backing the bolt out as you drill into it. You just need to be careful and make sure you're perfectly centered when you start drilling...
That would be an expensive fix, but I can't get the tire offbetarace;299369 wrote: Just buy a new leg on eBay.
I did shop on ebay, and all the right sided fork legs for $100 are either bent or damaged in other ways. I'd rather drill it out and retap if I had to, try to salvage the fork. But that still doesn't help with my problem of getting the tire off, since the pinch bolt is stuck, I can't get the axle off, thus I can't get the tire out, even if I wanted to take the forks out, they would be attached to the tire...betarace;299376 wrote: $100. Shop. Cheaper than the trajectory you are on: left drill bits, mechanic to tell you that it's hogged out.
What did you use to heat it?physicistkev;299459 wrote: Even with a stripped, recessed Allen bolt. You could hammer a torx bit in and use that. Try putting the torx bit in the freezer, and the pound it in after it's good and cold. You may even heat the bolt head in the fork. I have done this before, successfully I might add.
You could add your favorite epoxy if you want to get crazy.
If your at the end of the rope, start with the smallest drill bit you have. Make sure you get the bulk set and try to drill a progressively larger hole. Use oil and light pressure. It will take a long time, but it will work if done properly.
Right on!Unbroken13;299525 wrote: Let me know if u can't get it... U can bring me the tube and ill get it...
15 lbs is the recommended torque spec to begin with.Ruhe52;299578 wrote: If you have not already done so tighten the bolt next to it to something like 15 ft lbs.