New Hugger! Then S**t happens

[jambo]

Good sockets and practise can save you a lot of grief, but the odd bolt may still give it up.

First things first: For the MOT you will need some sort of chain guard and it must be secure. If it's missing a bolt but it clearly won't come off or foul anything you should be fine.

Past that your first option would be to use an extractor screw with a left hand thread and get it into the bolt if it's sheared flush with the swing arm, you may need to drill a little to let it get purchase. Use a proper penetrating oil first and hopefully you'll be fine. I'll be honest I've not had to extract a sheared bolt in this way, but if it's flush it's the thing I'd try.

Jambo

The main problem is trying to access the tight area for extracting, need to do this properly otherwise the extractor may well snap as well. It may be so well corroded in that the extractor would snap it self that way as well. And as that is harden and tampered metal, you can't drill it out!(don't ask been there and it was even more hell).

I may have to take the whole sodding arm off just to do this little job to an arc eroder speacialist.

My experince with stud extractors isn't that successfull

Can you get anyone to TIG weld a nut on and give you something to grab hold of?

Secondly can you heat the area up some how? Aluminimum will expand more than the steel so if your lucky may slacekn ir off enough to get the thing out





RE Title - New Hugger! Then S**t happens

Isn't that what it's for?

[northwind]

The dogbone bolts may well be a bit seized- they never get proper servicing and they're incredibly exposed- but they're certainly not cheese... If you round one off, it's almost certainly the tool slipping not the bolt (or, wrong size tool/low quality tool).

yes, i need to tighten down the front of the hugger as it just looks "flapped up"

[jambo]

Originally Posted by CB1ROCKET

yes, i need to tighten down the front of the hugger as it just looks "flapped up"

Araldite? (Who said that?!)

from experiance i have had no sucess with Araldite. The only good thig with epoxy is to hold things in a sort of mould alike. But flat surface to a really greasy swingarm and loads of muck isn't gonna help. It doesn't stick to anything flat at all.

I don't intend to have my bike looking like its been bodged up...... hehe

think it time to go back to the dark side again.........inline fours