Ok so i almost kicked the garage door off earlier, mechanics at my local have tightened up the bolts that hold the brake fluid cap/diaphram on so tight that im close to stripping them, massively infuriating as all i want to do is top up the fluid (new discs/pads/fluids so im guessingvtheyvha e bedded in now)
Any ideas? Or am i just huba have to pop down and get them to loosen them off so i can top it up and replace the old bolts?
Brake fluid is proper corrosive. They are probably 'rusted' in. Order some replacement screws and buy some reverse drill bit / stud extractors. I got some from b&q I think when I had to get mine out.
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They have only been removed and put back in the past 2 weeks so i doubt they are rusted solid, just tightened up way too tight, particulally when these particular bolts are notoriously soft, i have a electric hand held i can get from work so i might try edging them out on the lowest setting before i go back to the garage
I've started them with a punch in the past. Get someone to hold the bars and tap the outer edge of the screw. Chuck them in the bin and replace with countersunk Allen screws
Complete fabrication, I didn't make it up!
Swapped mine for stainless countersunk allen bolts the other week, cost me 3 quid off ebay
Everyone has to believe in something. I believe Ill have another beer
I use an impact screwdriver quite a bit on my bike. It has a screwdriver (interchangeable) head and rotates either way when you whack it with a hammer.
Steel screws commonly fuse to aluminium alloy parts.
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Fo you have a link for that? And bolt size if handy? T
These extractors got mine out when they were really stuck and rounded:
http://www.diy.com/departments/ptx-mixed...452_BQ.prd
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£3.00 for two screws, you have more money than sense, those focers are about 20p each.
Find a supplier on ebay etc and measure some fasteners on the bike you'd like to change (screen bolts for example would probably be M5 x 20mm) then email a list of fasteners, type and dimensions to said supplier and see what price he comes up with.
Copy and paste the email to several sellers to get the best price
Just don't search for bike specific kits, you'll always pay through the nose for them
Complete fabrication, I didn't make it up!
(20-04-17, 08:07 PM)joebloggs link Wrote: £3.00 for two screws, you have more money than sense, those focers are about 20p each. Absolutely !!
We have a supplier of stainless steel fittings near here and those screws would undoubtedly be about 10p each.
I could change my opinion, but then we'd both be wrong.
Reservoir screws are M4 x 12mm.
(20-04-17, 08:12 PM)Grayo link Wrote: [quote author=joebloggs link=topic=22411.msg258885#msg258885 date=1492715228]
£3.00 for two screws, you have more money than sense, those focers are about 20p each. Absolutely !!
We have a supplier of stainless steel fittings near here and those screws would undoubtedly be about 10p each.
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Just google nut and bolt suppliers near you, I use a local place near me for all replacement bolts, nuts, washers etc. They are cheaper than ebay and quicker, even had 7mm cap heads in stock years ago when I rebuilt the brakes on my old cbx550.
Screwfix are pretty good on packs of screws, pack of M6 x 20mm x 50 button head for £3.59
Thats cheaper than many advertised on ebay and local to most peeps
Complete fabrication, I didn't make it up!
Haha, measure, google, email, shop around... to save myself a couple of quid. What do you think my time is worth?! :-P
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(21-04-17, 12:00 AM)Bretty link Wrote: Haha, measure, google, email, shop around... to save myself a couple of quid. What do you think my time is worth?! :-P
I'd say time spent looking after the bike, servicing or replacing screws etc is priceless.
If the OP had done whatever work the shop did for him we wouldn't be having this conversation
Complete fabrication, I didn't make it up!
Time spent servicing the bike is priceless. (perhaps good value is a better word), especially if you enjoy it.
but my time is also priceless (or £7.50 if you assume I get paid minimum wage). I do place a lot of value on my time... yet it's kind of funny how I don't mind going to the trouble of doing internet searches and posting links to help someone.. even to have someone turn around and tell me I have more money than sense. Oh well.
:-)
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21-04-17, 08:50 AM
(This post was last modified: 21-04-17, 08:58 AM by bandit.)
Tubz1983,Bretty, M4 x 12mm are 7p each from a nut & bolt place but they are 9 miles (no place nearer) from my home so when you figure in fuel/time I would order from here. 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M3-M4-M5-M6-M8...1284266897
Its funny with costs, the Mrs looking at grapefruits in Asda and had to have a long think about weather to buy them cause they are 25p more expensive than aldi.
I too sometimes cant be arsed to go to my local fixings supplier - struggle to park - get wet - find that they are shut for lunch-dont have the one I need, so just order off ebay and get the post man to bring them to me.
Also I have been in my local fixing supplier and its almost embarrassing fr me and a great annoyance for him when I spend 20p on 4 screws and he says "Just take em " I then feel guilty and drop £1 in the charity tin on the counter, so by the time I have added my petrol costs I may as well got them off ebay.
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
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