Ok, left fairing.
Ok, lets start wth:
I am using the correct allen wrench
Lefty loosey righty tighty. so yes I am turning to the left
Yes I tried to tap on the head of the bolt to break iut loose
yes as an almost last resort I tried to tighten just a little to break it loose, didnt budge in that direction either
My middle left fairing bolt (near where frame sliders would go), and the lower rear fairing bolt (bottom as far back as you can go) are stuck
I have never had the left fairing off, never any damage to the bike. bolts are just fricken frozen
The middle fairing bolt I tried to undue to the point of pretty much stripping it out.
So then I drill a hole through the center of the bolt and I put in a screw extractor. After applying enough torque on this fricken bolt, the screw extractor snaps. Now I have a fairing bolt stuck in my fairing with a hardened metal piece of screw extractor stuck in the hole..
My only option left as I see it to try and prevent any damage to my fairing, is to drill the head of the bolt off so I can remove the fairing, then do whatever it takes to get the screw out.
Before I go to this next step, does anyone have any better ideas? Anyone else ever ran into this problem?
Is there some fairing bolt God that I must offer a sacrifice to in order to get this cursed bolt off?
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Ok, lets start wth:
I am using the correct allen wrench
Lefty loosey righty tighty. so yes I am turning to the left
Yes I tried to tap on the head of the bolt to break iut loose
yes as an almost last resort I tried to tighten just a little to break it loose, didnt budge in that direction either
My middle left fairing bolt (near where frame sliders would go), and the lower rear fairing bolt (bottom as far back as you can go) are stuck
I have never had the left fairing off, never any damage to the bike. bolts are just fricken frozen
The middle fairing bolt I tried to undue to the point of pretty much stripping it out.
So then I drill a hole through the center of the bolt and I put in a screw extractor. After applying enough torque on this fricken bolt, the screw extractor snaps. Now I have a fairing bolt stuck in my fairing with a hardened metal piece of screw extractor stuck in the hole..
My only option left as I see it to try and prevent any damage to my fairing, is to drill the head of the bolt off so I can remove the fairing, then do whatever it takes to get the screw out.
Before I go to this next step, does anyone have any better ideas? Anyone else ever ran into this problem?
Is there some fairing bolt God that I must offer a sacrifice to in order to get this cursed bolt off?
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