I recently got my 2012 ABS model used. It had been set down on both sides by the previous owner, so I wanted to replace the clips because they're raked back a little and makes riding a little more difficult than it should be. I put them on order (btw which took a LONG time to get, about 2 months). I just picked them up the other day and started working on them tonight.
I located the single hex bolt holding each on and found they are 6mm. I actually stripped a standard hex key which was a little too small, that's how I figured it was metric. Hind sight, duh it's Japanese. Anyway, I got my trusty metric allen key set and proceded to attempt to turn this bolt. I put so much torque on it, the key twisted then stripped due to it's partially rounded head. So I just cut they key in half and made a bit out of it, as I don't have metric hex bits. I loaded it in my impact drill... Still no movement. Then my trusty high torque corded drill... nothing.
That ******************** bolt has to be torqued and thread locked in there so well I don't even know if I can even turn it with out ruining the bolt.
The last thing I did was douse the bolts in Wd-40 hoping it will get wicked in and loosen things up. I don't have penetrator on me at the moment...
Any advice from my fellow mechanically inclined is very welcome.
Thanks for the idea. I was just down there working on it again and had a great idea. The allen key set I cut still had a nub just long enough to fully mate with the bolt head. that short shank of a key now has all the tensile strength I needed and the bolt turned out by hand.
BTW I actually did start breaking my drill. lol, because the whole head is on a threaded shaft and somehow came loose and started unscrewing itself apart, lol. Leave it to your own hands to prove to be better tools i guess.
Now on to the next problem. lol
The clip is loose and the devices are removed. It won't come off.. It looked like the fork cap was holding it down so I opened the fork cylinder. I looked closer and there are rings in the way and won't just slip off even with the cap removed. there's a thin gold one that looks split like a piston ring, like it's a retaining ring or something. I don't have calipers or anything like that to properly manipulate it. Don't want to break parts I need to reuse...
Thanks for the idea. I was just down there working on it again and had a great idea. The allen key set I cut still had a nub just long enough to fully mate with the bolt head. that short shank of a key now has all the tensile strength I needed and the bolt turned out by hand.
BTW I actually did start breaking my drill. lol, because the whole head is on a threaded shaft and somehow came loose and started unscrewing itself apart, lol. Leave it to your own hands to prove to be better tools i guess.
Now on to the next problem. lol
The clip is loose and the devices are removed. It won't come off.. It looked like the fork cap was holding it down so I opened the fork cylinder. I looked closer and there are rings in the way and won't just slip off even with the cap removed. there's a thin gold one that looks split like a piston ring, like it's a retaining ring or something. I don't have calipers or anything like that to properly manipulate it. Don't want to break parts I need to reuse...
Again at a loss.
Glad you got the bolt out.
Now put that fork cap back on! and push the handlebar clamp back down where it was.
See the gold ring..
put one finger on it next to the gap,
push the gap apart with a small precision flat blade screwdriver,
put another small screwdiver under where its now away from the fork,
off it comes
I'm gonna get lots of 'Thanks' for this lol.
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