Antifaith
01-12-2007, 12:10 PM
Ok this is the last thing i have to deal with before my rebuild is 100% complete. I have to adjust my chain because i went down 1 tooth on my front sprocket, and one of the 4 Allen bolts on the swingarm that you must losen to adjust the chain was totally stripped by the idiot who owned the quad before me.
My friend told me to try hammering a torx head in there. I tried that, it was a press fit but once i tried to unscrew the bolt that way, all it did enlarge the already totally stripped hole.
I tried punching a slot for a flat screwdriver to fit in there, but my punch won't go deep enough to make the screwdriver fit properly.
I also tried drilling a hole in the bolt so i could use an extractor, but my 14v MasterCrap drill and garbage Makita drill bits won't even dent the thing.
Any suggestions as to what i could do to get this sucker out? I thought of welding a nut to the screw's head so i could just put a ratchet on it and get it out, but the only welder i have access to is at school and there is no way i can bring my entire
ATV ( or even just the swingarm for that matter) to school.
My friend told me to try hammering a torx head in there. I tried that, it was a press fit but once i tried to unscrew the bolt that way, all it did enlarge the already totally stripped hole.
I tried punching a slot for a flat screwdriver to fit in there, but my punch won't go deep enough to make the screwdriver fit properly.
I also tried drilling a hole in the bolt so i could use an extractor, but my 14v MasterCrap drill and garbage Makita drill bits won't even dent the thing.
Any suggestions as to what i could do to get this sucker out? I thought of welding a nut to the screw's head so i could just put a ratchet on it and get it out, but the only welder i have access to is at school and there is no way i can bring my entire
ATV ( or even just the swingarm for that matter) to school.