Swingarm pivot bolt STRIPPED
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Swingarm pivot bolt STRIPPED
Hey guys...new to the forum but needed advice so signed up.
My swingarm pivot bolt is stripped at the threqds in the frame and i cant get it out. any tips or tricks to do this without butchering the frame?
i plan to use the MID-USA HARLEY PANHEAD, SHOVELHEAD STRIPPED SWINGARM BOLT REPAIR KIT 58-86 once i get it out
My swingarm pivot bolt is stripped at the threqds in the frame and i cant get it out. any tips or tricks to do this without butchering the frame?
i plan to use the MID-USA HARLEY PANHEAD, SHOVELHEAD STRIPPED SWINGARM BOLT REPAIR KIT 58-86 once i get it out
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Stage IV
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Thanks for the reply! I've been tryin that method with no success.... using a 4lb sledge and grade 5 Bolton even go a little. The threads were so bad that its spinning in the frame easily, but not by hand- yet doesn't want to come out.... maybe seized to the centre of the bearings?? I greased the swingarm just last season but who knows what the last guy did or didn't do...
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I don't know if you have ever replaced a garage door spring but (bear with me you'll see where I'm going with this)
You use a steel rod to tighten the spring, that rod was the perfect size roughly 18 " to knock out my swing arm pivot bolt on my 1995 Standard Dresser, it was frozen in there very good and would turn but I couldn't get it out.
When I did get it out there was rust in the middle of the swing arm pivot bolt and that was what was holding it up, hope this helps.
You use a steel rod to tighten the spring, that rod was the perfect size roughly 18 " to knock out my swing arm pivot bolt on my 1995 Standard Dresser, it was frozen in there very good and would turn but I couldn't get it out.
When I did get it out there was rust in the middle of the swing arm pivot bolt and that was what was holding it up, hope this helps.
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From: Canada
I don't know if you have ever replaced a garage door spring but (bear with me you'll see where I'm going with this)
You use a steel rod to tighten the spring, that rod was the perfect size roughly 18 " to knock out my swing arm pivot bolt on my 1995 Standard Dresser, it was frozen in there very good and would turn but I couldn't get it out.
When I did get it out there was rust in the middle of the swing arm pivot bolt and that was what was holding it up, hope this helps.
You use a steel rod to tighten the spring, that rod was the perfect size roughly 18 " to knock out my swing arm pivot bolt on my 1995 Standard Dresser, it was frozen in there very good and would turn but I couldn't get it out.
When I did get it out there was rust in the middle of the swing arm pivot bolt and that was what was holding it up, hope this helps.
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Last edited by Quadancer; Jan 20, 2015 at 01:21 PM.
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