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I rounded out the 12pt. head of one of the pad pins on the rear of my 05 Glide. I cut a slot in it hoping I could get it out with a screwdriver. Nope, it didn't work, I just busted out half of the head. Anybody run into this? Do you think I could drill it out with the caliper in place or should I just bite the bullet, pull the caliper and have the machine shop where I work deal with it?
Thanks,
Rick
Last edited by Egldr05; Aug 4, 2011 at 09:51 PM.
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I'm thinking I might try an easy out before I pull it. Nothing to loose I guess. The worst part of it is the pads are thin and I have a lot of riding planned in the next couple of weeks so I don't want to be down for too long.
I'm half tempted to pick up a used one and deal with this one later.
A good welder can tack weld a rod to it so you can twist it out. A shop I used to work at, our welder would use a tig welder and build up broken taps so we could extract them.
Same thing happen on my vstar. I took it into an indy, and for 20.00 he removed it for me. The have a lot of special tools. This one was similar to a socket with blades on the inside. He hammered it over the screw of the brake caliper and the blades dug in.
He was able to back it out. The more he turn the bolt the deeper the blade dug in.
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