23-12-15, 12:13 PM
(23-12-15, 10:59 AM)joebloggs link Wrote: [quote author=darrsi link=topic=18968.msg219666#msg219666 date=1450823008]
[quote author=joebloggs link=topic=18968.msg219662#msg219662 date=1450820292]
Struggled with my rear, ended up with molegrips on the outside of the bolt and an allen key in a socket, you'll need help steadying the wheel but they came out with no heat etc.
+1 on the stainless replacements.
He's on about the front, they're not half as bad as the rear one due to no heat transfer because of the floating discs.
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I think it was the amount of threadlock on the bolts that made them so difficult to remove, smothered in it.
Either way, they would probably rounded off without the extra torque applied by the grips
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That certainly would make things even more difficult, but heat transfer from the rear disc goes through the bolts and tends to fuse them to the wheel over time.
I had a nightmare with one of mine a few years back, and tried everything including plenty of heat, but only one bolt budged half way then snapped on me, so rather than ponce about I bought another used wheel and got the tyre changed as I needed the bike back on the road asap due to it being my only transport.
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