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  • Thread starter Thread starter KRISTI'SGS550
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Freakin' Grand! Congratulations :-D(I bet it felt great to break that bugger loose). I always hated that bolt on my 650. My Honda dealer told me to buy the best quality socket in that size I could find and use only that on the bolt (after I replaced it with a new one).

Thanks for the review on the Craftsman product. Tell me how it worked...I can't really tell from the online catalog how they grip the bolt head.
 
Now that I have the bolt off I need to find one to replace the old one. The threads look great, unfortunately the head is really screwed up. The original part is discontinued, so I will have to find one on ebay. I found this one with a bigger bolt head 17mm, compared to 13mm for $15. Not too bad of a deal. I just need to wait for a pay day.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...viewitem=&item=360035883636&_trksid=p3907.m29

Karl,
the way the bolt grip works is that it has reverse threads inside the bolt. So I pounded a 12mm bolt grip into my rounded 13mm bolt. When it was nice and snug I took my 1/2" socket wrench, locked it into the bolt grip and put all my weight into budging the bolt. The bolt grip couldn't slip off because of the reverse threading inside. So all the bolt could do was loosen, and it did just that.

I am so excited to move onto something else on this bike.

Cory
 
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