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Feb 17th, 2005, 10:53 PM
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I am trying to change the rear brake rotor on my '99 fatboy. The bolts that hold the rotor to the wheel are on pretty good. So good that i already snapped a bit. I tried some heat, no luck. I might try a impact wrench next.
Any Ideas how to get those five suckers off. | 
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Feb 18th, 2005, 11:04 AM
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#2 | | Has posted 500+
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What kind of heat did you use? A good " heat-gun" usually works for me. Bic lighers, hair dryers, hot water, soldering irons and the sun dont work very well.  | |
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Feb 18th, 2005, 11:04 AM
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#3 | | Rookie 10+ posts
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| try an impact driver the kind you hit with a hammer & some more heat wouldnt hurt | |
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Feb 18th, 2005, 12:16 PM
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| Have you got the wheel off the bike
If so reinstall, then set the bike on the ground, use a breaker bar on the wrench so you can add more tq to the bolt.
Heat it up first, they may have red loctite on them.
I usually hold the head of the wrench steady and put a lot of constant force not jumping or hammering on the end of the wrench.
A breaker bar will give you more smooth leverage. Just rotate the wheel so you can get to each bolt. | |
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Feb 21st, 2005, 04:37 PM
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| I have had same problem had to cut boltswith sawsall and get new ones | |
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Feb 21st, 2005, 06:10 PM
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Never mind, I got them out. Had to use a little more heat than I thought but they finally gave in. It also helped to have a better quality tool. U.S.A.  | |
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Feb 23rd, 2005, 12:02 PM
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| Did you get a bigger wrench LOL | |
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Feb 23rd, 2005, 09:33 PM
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| Used a breaker bar with steady pressure both times.
the first time the p.o.s. torx bit snapped (low quality) and I needed more heat I'm sure. Then I bought a better bit and used lot's more heat and they broke free. Yes there is some kind of grey goop on the threads .After I figured it out they really weren't the tightest bolts I ever had to loosen.
It wasn't just the heat it was the stupidity.  | |
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Feb 24th, 2005, 06:34 AM
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| Stupidity is trying to progress without asking questions. You did well. | |
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Feb 24th, 2005, 07:55 AM
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| One of my techs uses a really nice pencil point torch. It only takes about 30 seconds to melt that loctite and viola! I am going to get one of them for my own tool box. | |
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Feb 24th, 2005, 10:24 AM
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| So, CD, When you gonna share what kind of torch your guy has so we can put one in OUR tool box also??!!! | |
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Feb 24th, 2005, 11:13 AM
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Home Depot and Sears as well as many hardware stores carry them. Actually, I think even Walmart. | |
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Feb 24th, 2005, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by hotroadking Did you get a bigger wrench LOL | Bigger Impact wrench. Just did this changing my rear rim on my 05 standard. | |
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