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Any one got a set so I can remove a rounded out allen key type bolt???

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian).

I've got a set in the garage. When do you need em?
I could take them to the pub tonight, or just pop past the house.

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) if you can get at it with a ball peen hammer then give it a good few smacks with the ball end and it will rivet over the rounded edges and allow you to chap the allen key into a tight fit and have another go, also the abuse with the hammer will help to loosen the affending bolt.
Izz,

Inzibeasty wrote:Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) (Super Nanny) if you can get at it with a ball peen hammer then give it a good few smacks with the ball end and it will rivet over the rounded edges and allow you to chap the allen key into a tight fit and have another go, also the abuse with the hammer will help to loosen the affending bolt.
Izz,

The bolt appear to be made of some sort of metal resembling Camembert cheese so I'm not sure if it will work but I'll give it a go.

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian).

Inzibeasty wrote:Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) (Super Nanny) if you can get at it with a ball peen hammer then give it a good few smacks with the ball end and it will rivet over the rounded edges and allow you to chap the allen key into a tight fit and have another go, also the abuse with the hammer will help to loosen the affending bolt.
Izz,

Solution taken from Volume 1 Engineering for Roughnecks

Yep, works too.

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) (Super Nanny) wrote:The bolt appear to be made of some sort of metal resembling Camembert cheese so I'm not sure if it will work but I'll give it a go.Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) (Super Nanny).

Suzuki quality

Missile (Spanish Fly) wrote:

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) (Super Nanny) (Super Nanny) wrote:The bolt appear to be made of some sort of metal resembling Camembert cheese so I'm not sure if it will work but I'll give it a go.Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) (Super Nanny) (Super Nanny).

Suzuki quality

You jumped in there a huge assumption there Bob!!!

The bolt in question belongs to my Nonfango top box rack so it is actually dodgy Italian quality!!

both feet

hook line and sinker

give him an inch

a stitch in time

funnily enuf the bracket for my nonfango top box broke a couple of months back. Maybe they are a Ducati subsiduary company??

Missile (Spanish Fly) wrote:both feet

hook line and sinker

give him an inch

a stitch in time

funnily enuf the bracket for my nonfango top box broke a couple of months back. Maybe they are a Ducati (old mans rusty pizza) subsiduary company??

Well at least your an honest guy,but you do have a habbit of jumping in on things though.

but like hitler,got to give you your jew,you always seem to redeem your self by admiting your mistakes.

Missile (Spanish Fly) wrote: funnily enuf the bracket for my nonfango top box broke a couple of months back. Maybe they are a Ducati (old mans rusty pizza) subsiduary company??

it's the shame of being fitted to a Japanese bike , they just sit there and rot :I can't believe it's not butter!

Could also try Araldite-ing an Allen Key into the bolt. You might have to sacrafice said Allen Key, but "it's how it would have wanted to go."

Missile (Spanish Fly) wrote:funnily enuf the bracket for my nonfango top box broke a couple of months back. Maybe they are a Ducati (old mans rusty pizza) subsiduary company??

Top box on a Gay Blade ???? Or have you traded it in for a cruiser to fit in with the locals ???

Suits em :I can't believe it's not butter!

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian), did you get the bolt sorted?

Zathos wrote:Suits em :I can't believe it's not butter!

Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian) (Super Nanny), did you get the bolt sorted?

Not yet so I'll be in touch

Hi R2D2,

I been wrong before, but can't remember when?

Hi Big Kneed Al (master of the emergency stop & "stand up" comedian),

Thx for the photo, been pissin myself laughing. Got it set as my desktop background. Yes the top box was on the Gay Blade, I don't give a rats about street cred. Bought it last year when we did a camping trip to Jerez for the GP and on to Portugal. Note that is camping not camp trip

Missile (Spanish Fly) wrote:Hi R2D2,

I been wrong before, but can't remember when?

Surely not,no never,when. :I can't believe it's not butter!

I would resort to screw extractors as a very last resort. They usually break, leaving you in even more shizzle, because you now have a hardened steel blockage.

Izzy's idea sounds alright, the hammering should help, but try using an impact screw driver with an allen key fitting when going for the bolt extraction. Why you could even try the araldite at the same time (never tried that one though).

If you have access to the head, maybe you could hacksaw a groove for a conventional screwdriver head.

Good luck.

Not knowing where the offending screw/bolt is, but a set of vice grips,a shifting spanner, and some WD40 has worked wonders for me in the past.

istead of unscrewing the bolt, try holding it in place and rotating the bike beneath it?

Just to conclude this topic I ended up grining off the head of the offending bolt and removing the remaining threaded part with mole grips.

Grrrrr!!!

long job as you started that in may ..!!!

Zax wrote:long job as you started that in may ..!!!

That's the down side of being a family man!

Missile (Spanish Fly) wrote:Suzuki quality

Thank you for acknowledging it Bob!

Will we see the top box on the CBR?

Suggest you use stainless socket head bolts and/or copper slip on the threads + locking washers, next time round.