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gasguzler

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Am I screwed?
« on: July 05, 2006, 09:08:06 AM »
I've got leaky forks, so I was going to change out my seals this fall after riding season. I thought I'd change the fork oil now and hope it would last me for a while. ANYWAY... I've just managed to strip the #$%* out of my fork cap bolt, and couldn't get it off.  Mr. P.O. liked to torque the bejeezus out of everything on this bike.

Anyone been thru this?

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Offline JHansen

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Re: Am I screwed?
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2006, 09:09:39 AM »
drill large pilot hole thru screw, then wrench in a large extractor?
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Offline ProTeal55

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Re: Am I screwed?
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2006, 09:13:07 AM »
Quote from: JHansen on July 05, 2006, 09:09:39 AM
drill large pilot hole thru screw, then wrench in a large extractor?
Or weld a large bolt to the cap ,then remove that way...
Or you can always buy the ones I have for sale On Ebay  ;D
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Offline scondon

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Re: Am I screwed?
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2006, 01:37:07 PM »
Make sure to loosen the upper triple clamp pinch bolts or  it'll never come out in one piece. Ask me how I know ;) :)
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Offline my78k

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Re: Am I screwed?
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2006, 01:45:06 PM »
A big ass set of Vise Grips should do the trick!
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