| Author | Message | ||
     Newfie_buell |
Who can tell me what these are out of?  | ||
| Koz5150 |
Snapped off bolts from the front motor mount to the head? They have been drilled and removed with an easyout. (I have one at home that looks a lot like it) | ||
| Imeazy |
If I had to guess I would say front rotor maybe? If your asking I couldn't tell ya. laughs | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
Looks like broken off exhaust studs that have been removed. | ||
| BadS1 |
Rear sprocket??? | ||
| Loki |
rotor mount bolts. | ||
| Doughnut |
My question is where did you get them from. I hope not your bike. | ||
| Newxb9er |
Don't you hate when you have things left over after working on the bike!!  | ||
| Sportsman |
Not exhaust, there's 5. It's front rotor to wheel. The stupid allen heads twist out even with a hammer driver and the option is a drill. Been there. | ||
| Koz5150 |
That settles it, I just won't use my brakes anymore and then I won't have to replace my rotor! | ||
| Cereal |
Great, I'm replacing my front rotor this week! | ||
| Cataract2 |
Don't you hate when you have things left over after working on the bike!! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees.... | ||
| Koz5150 |
The other day I was putting my Honda Elite 50 scooter together. I bought it from a guy how had it sitting in his garage, for 14 years, with fuel in it. After attempting to clean the carb (for the 4th time) I found the last piece of gummy dirt I had missed in a vent hole. I put it back together and it ran pretty good, though it was still hesitating abit. When I pulled it back in the garage, I found a piece of the carb I forgot to put back in the bike. I had to tear the whole thing apart again... Yeah, leftovers suck... | ||
| Rocketman |
I think they're rotor bolts too. Try removing them with a quality Allen socket. Place the socket in the screw head and hit it bloody hard and accurate with a short handle lump hammer before you attempt to undo them. Better still use an impact air gun rather than a socket handle once you've administered the sharp blows. Rocket | ||
| Newfie_buell |
They are indeed the front rotor bolts. About two years ago my front rotor started to jiggle (for lack of a better term) and was annoying. Mr. Court Canfield graciously sent me a brand new mounting kit with new thrust washers, pins, etc, etc. This past year the rotor went to a full loud rattle. Almost felt like the steering head bearings were shot. Thanks to Badweb I gave my local Harley Retailer the part numbers and they had the rotor and bolts within 3 days. Not bad considering I don't have a Buell Retailer for 1600km. On with my story, I removed the wheel, took the propane torch and heated the heads of the bolts up a little, put the allen head wrench on it and not a budge. Tried my impact driver and still no go, I would not force them out for fear of twisting them. Back to the Harley Retailer who the owner is also one of the best bike mechanics on the island and he spent a fair bit of time removing those "BOLTS FROM HELL". They had their heads drilled off to remove the rotor, then a small pilot hole drilled through, next a larger hole, the hub very gently heated around the thread and an easy out used to remove them. Does anyone know what grade of bolt they are???? His comment was they were the worst stuck bolts he had seen in 25 years of mechanic work. Best thing is that he only charged about 1 hr labor. | ||
| Al_lighton |
That is the hard way. Once you have determined that the allen wrench isn't going to do it, you weld nuts to the tops of each of the rotor bolts. The weld heat melts the loctite, and the nut gives you something you can use a real tool on. They always come right out after doing this. They suck. Al | ||
| Rick_a |
I've never had any break and I've replaced rotors several times (roughly every 6-8 months). I put the bit in there and whack 'em with a big mallet before I loosen 'em. Now that I've said that next time I'll likely be screwed! | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Al, The bolts were heated with Oxy/Accetelyene as well and the loctite would not release. We were afraid of snapping off the bolts so just drilled them out. With sharp drill bits it did not take not much longer than an hour. | ||
| Patrickh |
you guys might think i'm nuts but i use anti-sieze on my rotor bolts and just give them a once over with a torque wrench twice a season. never got them stuck after the initial heating, impactwrenching, heating, cursing, impactwrenching, heating, taking a breather, heating, impactwrenching, cursing experiance | ||
| Seth |
I got mine out a wizz wheel, an impact wrench, and a very big hammer. Not exactly factory approved, but definitely satisfying after breaking every bit I had that would fit. |
