Stiff nuts

Got one, he's not keen on working in confined spaces though. There's 8
to do and obviously the accessible outer ones will be the easiest. It's
the central ones (like directly behind the front wheel) that will cause
the most grief and I'm not sure an impact driver will get in there.

Gloucestershire.

 

Take the front wheel off. Failing that remove the forks. Don't ****
around, you need the space.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
typed

Only choice where a socket won't fit and *much* better than an
open-ended one. Mined ewe, since the OP is dealing with socket head
bolts, we're both wrong.

Oh *bless*.

 

says...

I tried the whole soaking in WD40, Plus Gas, execessive heat and all
that bollocks with Adie's Bandit 600 exhaust bolts. In the end I had to
remove the engine from the frame to give Bonners access to helicoil the
3 threads that had broken bolts in.

Fucking stupid design. What's wrong with studs and nuts?

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ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16,
BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14, BONY#9.
Url for ukrm newbies : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html
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Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

 

A few blows from this mother onto an impact driver and bolts come undone
through fright more than anything else.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
typed

I'd have thought they'd have unwound and dropped onto the floor
spontaneously as you enter the garage.

 

Did you ever here the song about an old woman who swallowed a fly?

<goes off to garage to spray more WD40>

 

You lie like a cheap watch.

 

Naah, bollocks. 6 point flank drive _every_ time. There is a much
bigger area of contact with a 6 point than a 12, much less likely to
round the fastener off. Flank drive type too, you have to rip the
head off the bolt rather than round it off. Can be a bastard getting
the corroded nut out of a flank drive socket once it has come off,
mind.

Having said that, the tool you need is a proper hex driver that will
fit onto a 3/8" drive T-bar or ratchet ... or an impact driver. Don't
**** about with madeofbrittlecheese Allen keys, fer ****'s sake.

Heat - very hot.
Penetrating fluid (Plus Gas) - loads of it.
Impact - shock the corrosion free.
Helicoil kit.

Sorted.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo

You mean to say it's like that from the factory?

<boggle>

Fucking hell, I *really* hope the **** that dreamed that one up has had
the decency to do the Seppuku thing.

 

See that's not how its supposed to work, I ask here first to *avoid*
problems not have my worst fears confirmed :-(

 

Nigel Eaton says...

Yep, like I said, fucking stupid design.

--
Lozzo : The anti-Timo
YZF1000R, GPZ500S, CB250RS x3
BOTAFOT#57/70a, BOTAFOF#57, MIB#22, TCP#7,
ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16,
BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14, BONY#9.
Url for ukrm newbies : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html
http://www.glfuk.com/ for MJK Leathers in the UK.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

 

Oh, it's not that bad, they've got a knurled outer edge so I'm sure mole
grips would provide a suitable backup - not.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember saying
something like:

<wistfully thinks of sledgehammer downstairs>

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

Use a decent socket/ring spanner

Go for a fast ride and get 'em hot first. Then apply a blowlamp to get 'em
hotter one at a time.

Be patient, time spent working the studs to and fro for ten minutes is
quicker than farting about with stud extractors later...

 

You are Joe Grundy, AICM5F ferret killings.

 

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Double negative there, i take it you dont want round head!

Try spraying a little wd40 on them and wait a day, then try tightening them
ever so slightly and then untightening them. Always works for me. But make
sure you use a socket set and not a spanner.
J
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sweller said:

It's my favourite pop tune of all time.

 

how long do you give it before the entire Grundy clan contract CJD?

 

Hopefully it will cruelly cut down Eddie, Clarriluv, Willyerm and
Edweerrrd, leaving the King of Comedy: Joe.