Torx bolt seized head ruined

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I'm still waiting to hear if the rubber band technique made any difference.... I've made my Goodyear tyre and have some rubber left over....
 
Burgo said:
Eh? Why not just drop the front wheel out as its already quick release and turn the bars?? Much easier and only takes seconds.
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not having bikes with removable wheels, do the mud guards come off with the wheels? If not wouldn’t they still be in the way?

plus thinking about it, the bike rack would be difficult to use with no wheel 🤔

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Mattyjwr said:
I'm still waiting to hear if the rubber band technique made any difference.... I've made my Goodyear tyre and have some rubber left over....
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Have no rubber bands on board.
Have asked a friend if I can borrow one so I can try this solution when we get home on Monday
 
Take it to Peterborough, we can all have a go at our respective suggestions, you could sell tickets for people to watch instead of Suzi Quatro et al ,,

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Robert Clark said:
Have no rubber bands on board.
Have asked a friend if I can borrow one so I can try this solution when we get home on Monday
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You should follow our post girl around!(y)
I used to (pre-COVID) pick up (no not the post girl!:rolleyes:) about a dozen rubber bands in about 200-300 yds before turning down the lane when out walking the dug in the morning.:Smile::whistle2:
 
Robert Clark said:
Because we have to rotate the handle bars to get the bikes onto the rack and into thd garage

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My apologies for my throw away remark earlier suggesting you bought a new bike. I didn’t fully appreciate the problem. May I suggest a different way forward?



Bigger van! 😂
 
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Robert,
Once you have got the mangled Torx bolt sorted, could you not be able to fit the bikes in the garage by just removing or dropping your seat each time? Your bars look to clear Lis’s seat but her bars look to foul yours. This way, if it works, would only entail loosening one bolt each time, or even easier with a lever clamp. Also, would the bike(s) fit the garage better if the bars were shortened slightly - easily done with a pipe cutter or hacksaw and then move fittings inwards. I always find standard bars too wide so cut them down a bit. Lovely bikes by the way.
David.
 
dalspa said:
Robert,
Once you have got the mangled Torx bolt sorted, could you not be able to fit the bikes in the garage by just removing or dropping your seat each time? Your bars look to clear Lis’s seat but her bars look to foul yours. This way, if it works, would only entail loosening one bolt each time, or even easier with a lever clamp. Also, would the bike(s) fit the garage better if the bars were shortened slightly - easily done with a pipe cutter or hacksaw and then move fittings inwards. I always find standard bars too wide so cut them down a bit. Lovely bikes by the way.
David.
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Hi David
It’s the handlebars that are the problem

The door stay poison and bracket are just a tad too low

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swivelling the handlebars allows one of the bikes to pass to the left of it

Thanks for the suggestion though
 
Vipar said:
I would try to get some new bolts with a sleeve and wing nuts on top so that the problem does not arise again.
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I’ve been using s/steel Allen bolts with copper grease on the threads

Feels much smoother than before
 
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Just a thought can you get at the bolt from underneath?
 
Only 8 more post and we’ll be on page 6😂

Thought you might be able to drill it out from the bottom with a big drill bit but not big enough to touch the thread. That would considerably weaken the bolt.
 
Just had an email from our local bike shop to say the they can fit me in Tuesday morning if I can’t fix it myself Monday afternoon

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What’s the longest thread? Was it the old couple? What ever happened to them did they survive Covid?😀
 

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