Im guessing that the cylinder has rubber seals in it, otherwise you could lightly heat around the thread area and try again? I have access to a pillar drill and i’m sure i can help you sort it, Trouble is I notice your in Finchley and live in Hornchurch…the pillar drill is in Bow E3 (at work) and i’m not in till Tuesday.
yeah bang on, first thing I thought was heat till I clicked! errr doh its full of rubber seals. Um do you ever ride down to the ACE? I could pass it onto you there.
Im one of those principle guys! theres nothing wrong with it apart from the fricken bolt stuck in it! So Im gonna fix it somehow (Or rather someones gonna fix it) hehehehe I mean I could do it, just dont have the tools.
I had a really good grip with an excellent pair of moleys gently started twisting back and forth. Tried with all me might… till tears ran down me face! and it moved a little smidge… I got excited… then it locked up again. Like I said, some idiot cross threaded it along time ago.
I’m an engineer (new school) and showed to some of the respected lads at work (Old School) and they had a go.
I been to the Ace a couple of times,(bit of a run) but if you can find a way of getting it to the BMM i can pick it up there! Any other ideas? BTW i’m old school ;)(very old)
is the thread through the other side…can you get a drill in from the back. If you can and i guess this is what your going to do with the pillar drill drill from the rear as big a hole as you can and hope that this then frees if from the threads…if it doesnt then you will for sure either need to use a nut and bolt to reaffix it if possible or drill and tap with a larger tap and larger bolt…if you welded a bar to the top that might be enough heat to break the seal and not damage the rubber seals plus then you have additional leverage…you could also replace the seals easy enough so a litle heat wont be too much trouble…
The welding idea is a new angle but I dont have a welder available to me anymore. Drilling from the back is the most likely route. Ive got an excellent tap and die set but would obviously prefare the thread to stay in-tact.
one last thing is to weld a nut over the old shaft as there is plenty and it will then be a very easy job to remove using a spanner…welders are only a few bob these days everyone should have one lying around for those odd jobs…brilliant tool
Doh you’ve just added something else to my list to blow my money on…
Was gonna buy a compressor and spray gun next month, as im bored of being the rattle tin kid! Fancy getting into doing some cool custom spray jobs on odd bits of track fairing for practise then doing an entire bike.
But NOOOOooooowwwww! Ive gotta buy a mig welder because youve got my mind thinking I need one
ahhr well boys and toys and all that! Oh how the misses loves me spending all my money
yeah i dont think the bolt on the end will either as the weld wont hold the force needed to move it. Seriously It wont turn. (Saying that maybe Gracyf will show me up next week)
Was just saying though that I could do with a welder - unrelated.
I mean I could do it, just dont have the tools.
