Bound Nut and bolt
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Bound Nut and bolt
Hey guys,
I was installing a sissy bar on my 2009 Iron and when tightening the last rear fender strut bolt, it bound up on me, just short of being fully tight. Now I have a loose nut and bolt that I can't seem to tighten all the way down, nor can I loosen it to back out and start fresh. To make matters worse, I used loctite... Trying to figure out a way to remedy this problem without having to remove the rear tire to get heat to it. How screwed am I fellas?
I was installing a sissy bar on my 2009 Iron and when tightening the last rear fender strut bolt, it bound up on me, just short of being fully tight. Now I have a loose nut and bolt that I can't seem to tighten all the way down, nor can I loosen it to back out and start fresh. To make matters worse, I used loctite... Trying to figure out a way to remedy this problem without having to remove the rear tire to get heat to it. How screwed am I fellas?
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That being a socket head cap screw isn't helping. If you can possibly get a needle nose vise grip on the the nut, you could carefully use a drill starting with the smallest size that will fit inside the hex and going gradually bigger til the screw head pops off.
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How about disconnect the shocks and raise the bike, letting the swing arm drop?
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Not sure. That was my first thought, but also will require me to call in a couple favors, as I am ill-equipped for that procedure. The more I think about this, the more I realize I will have to move the rear tire regardless, because I need to heat heat the bolt or nut to break the loctite. FML