Cutting the clamp is a pretty drastic move here. There are other ways to extract a stripped bolt
Palenbrenner on
I mean you could have just cut a flat head slot in the bolt head, but I guess if you want a new brake lever….
RunRideYT on
They slightly screwed up, you big boi screwed up
SecularAdventure on
These people should not touch bicycles. They would be really good parts scrappers at a junkyard though.
Fertiledirt on
Just drill the bolt and use an extractor. This guy definitely voted for trump 😂😂
behemoth2666 on
You can also use a Dremel cutting disk and cut the bolt through the slot. The top part is not threaded and the bottom of the bolt can now be turned easily. I’ve had to do this working at a shop when BMX kids would go ham on their brake leavers with their dad’s standard Allen set.
Controls_Man on
Stripped bolts happen all the time especially when bike companies use cheap fasteners. However there are at least a handful of ways to fix that without doing what you did 😆
TheAwkwardBanana on
Err… Bolt extractor? Easy-out? Drill and re-tap?
Many options, one of the worst was chosen.
ride_whenever on
Usually you just drill these out from the back, at some point it bites and spits the bolt out
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Cutting the clamp is a pretty drastic move here. There are other ways to extract a stripped bolt
I mean you could have just cut a flat head slot in the bolt head, but I guess if you want a new brake lever….
They slightly screwed up, you big boi screwed up
These people should not touch bicycles. They would be really good parts scrappers at a junkyard though.
Just drill the bolt and use an extractor. This guy definitely voted for trump 😂😂
You can also use a Dremel cutting disk and cut the bolt through the slot. The top part is not threaded and the bottom of the bolt can now be turned easily. I’ve had to do this working at a shop when BMX kids would go ham on their brake leavers with their dad’s standard Allen set.
Stripped bolts happen all the time especially when bike companies use cheap fasteners. However there are at least a handful of ways to fix that without doing what you did 😆
Err… Bolt extractor? Easy-out? Drill and re-tap?
Many options, one of the worst was chosen.
Usually you just drill these out from the back, at some point it bites and spits the bolt out
there stripped bolt extractor buddy
I would have blasted
Well, that’s certainly one way to handle it