I've been trying to take my torque arm off so I can fit my bluespot rear brake caliper on (and paint the rusted torque arm), but both of the bolts holding the torque arm seem to be seized to extreme.
I've been trying to loosen them up with RP-90 and WD-40, tried heating the bolts up with a blow torch and preceding to smack them with a hammer, but they just won't budge.
I then got out my bolt extractor kit, drilled half way through the bolt, put the left-hand threaded extractor in which is now stuck in the bolt too.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to get them off? I do have a welder but did not want to do that today, and can't think of what I could weld on to be able to get a good grip on the bolt.
(04-07-16, 07:47 PM)Pike link Wrote: Sorry I forgot to mention, I've got the nuts off, it's the bolts that won't come out.
Having just taken mine off to respray I can say that the mounts they go through are not threaded so they should come out with some twisting, watch out for too much bashing the one on the swing arm http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,14772.50.html
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
(04-07-16, 09:17 PM)unfazed link Wrote: [quote author=Pike link=topic=20476.msg236122#msg236122 date=1467658020]
Sorry I forgot to mention, I've got the nuts off, it's the bolts that won't come out.
A vital piece of information :rolleyes :lol
Will the bolts turn with a socket on them?
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Good point, I struggled with mine, they would turn but didn't want to come out. I tapped mine while rotating them and they popped straight out. I wonder if you get a rim of corrosion around the rear of the bolt basically increasing the od of the bolt
Yes, like the rear caliper assy, they re exposed to all the worst the weather/roads can throw at them. Clean out holes in torque arm(wet & dry/WD40) & use smidgin of copper grease on threads when assembling-use correct torque setting.
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