My new clutch was slipping, so i figured i need to adjust it at the sprocket cover, so erm, i was doing that.....(btw I have adjusted the clutch cable here a few times before, when my old clutch started to slip so i know how to do that) anyway, i guess I may have unscrewed the screw/nut too much as somehow the cable has come off where it should be attached, behind the sprocket cover.
Thinking I could just take the sprocket cover off and reattach the cable, i started to take the allen bolts off the cover, got to the last allen bolt and guess what? its rounded off very badly, my attempts to get it off with a torx fitting made it even worse. Because it is in a sunken recess it is actually quite difficult to get to. After the torx bolt failed I figured I would drill the bolt head out so that i could get the sprocket cover of and reattach that cable. I could not drill it out, i tried loads of times, either my drill bits are very blunt (could be as they are old) or that is a very strong bit of stainless steel. So the allen bolt is still stuck, rounded off from drilling now the centre now as well. What can i do to get this allen bolt off? I dont have a dremel, I dont have the money for one either.
I am going to have to take a day off work to sort this out now because the bike is un-rideable once again for the 2nd time in 2 weeks!