Bentouttashape
Well travelled
- Location
- Victoria, BC, Canada
Hello there fellow RE Inmates: does anyone know what kind of cheap locktite RE uses?
What an ordeal removing bolts on this bike, I have broken 2 drivers in removing different bits and pieces.
Now when removing the forks to install the YSS kit, I snapped a M8x30mm bolt deep inside.
This is one of 4 used on the steering stem assembly.
Yes I took my time, yes I heated it up, yes I went both directions.. but snap goes the allen head bolt. So I'm down to 3 bolts to hold the lower clamp tight on the fork tubes.
I tried EzyOut, and 2 other bolt removal tools with no success. And yes I have spent more than enough hours over the last half century wrenching old and newer iron.
Any comments on just running with 2 bolts per fork clamp rather than 3??
Alternative is an expensive new Steering Stem Assembly.
What an ordeal removing bolts on this bike, I have broken 2 drivers in removing different bits and pieces.
Now when removing the forks to install the YSS kit, I snapped a M8x30mm bolt deep inside.
This is one of 4 used on the steering stem assembly.
Yes I took my time, yes I heated it up, yes I went both directions.. but snap goes the allen head bolt. So I'm down to 3 bolts to hold the lower clamp tight on the fork tubes.
I tried EzyOut, and 2 other bolt removal tools with no success. And yes I have spent more than enough hours over the last half century wrenching old and newer iron.
Any comments on just running with 2 bolts per fork clamp rather than 3??
Alternative is an expensive new Steering Stem Assembly.