Front fork woes

I'm re-doing the seals on the front forks of my 81 honda gl500 and while
trying to remove the hex bolt that secures the dampner/plunger I managed to
strip the inside of the hex head and not remove the bolt. Any tricks to
getting it out. I'm thinking I'll just take to a real machine shop tomorrow.

 

An impact wrench is good. If you've stripped out the socket, drilling the
head off is probably the only option. Of course, to really piss you off,
when you finally get the damper out you'll probably be able to unscrew the
remains of the bolt with your fingers.

 

Thank you both for the advice. I think I'm going to try the impact wrench
first, cross my fingers

 

I took it to a machine shop today. The machinist called me and said he
couldn't get the thing off, but that the boss was going to be in tomorrow
and he'd have a go at it. Yikes. What's a new fork worth?

 

How far and with what did you drill it with. How'd you get it out after
that?

 

If the machinist you took it to can't get it out, then you need to find a
different shop. It's not that difficult when you have the right stuff.


--
Later,

Charlie

It's illegal in Cleveland to get married in a bathing suit.

 

Ahhh. Ding. right, the only thing holding it all together is the head of the
bolt. Duh. It's so obvious now...thx.

 

Funny - I just finished the same job on my CB750 forks. As my 6 mil
allen key is mysteriously missing, the next tightest available turned
out to be imperial measure (can't remember offhand what size) - but it
was with some trepidation and lots of luck that it went OK. When
reassembling, I hit on the idea of using a Torx (T40) bit instead;
much better fit, and torqued it in rather nicely without damage.

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