I was fitting in a new dropper lever and had to take off the brake lever to put it in. The bolt was faulty and snapped right off while I was tightening the clamp with half of it stuck badly in there. I'm completely stumped on how I should go about removing it. Yes I did try to use a small drill bit to maybe spin it out the bottom and I think I've fucked up. I live in a developing country and I can't just go out and buy a new one or have the money at the moment. Open to any and all suggestions on what I should do. Thank you all in advance.
by DragInternational846
7 Comments
You’ll have to drill it out, sing a narrow guage drill and some oil, then use a screw extractor.
Cross threaded. Learn how to turn a screw backwards until it clicks into place and only then turn it forward. We need more vocational training in high school.
If you’re in a place where you can order things from the interwebz, get a set of extractors and left-hand drill bits. If you’re lucky, the broken bit will back out as you drill it. If that doesn’t work, you use the extractor next. Something like [this](https://aax-us-east-retail-direct.amazon.com/x/c/JNBC1yqWU9OzE1uQXR1mQEIAAAGe4MgkCQEAAAH2AQBvbm9fdHhuX2JpZDYgICBvbm9fdHhuX2ltcDIgICAeiMUR/clv1c_ek-ww_HTLcbWDfnN7wscphN0itExdporbtrWqInskwhzBemd7sKiP5q3vhq6kBKKBkL3BdgKs4nDR66lCxSQLz5oCZCf59dzNQl1cBchpMC4IhHffs-BVmv2yFnUBDLArw8S7EaBVQG8x5GmVWpLn8VT4N6dmE0qekxQHvYIzggZVCGKO9vzkLSvsvMg–G2Sk6V-GEjaxMgwIDdZgSBYi_7BFNmViIQ3KruOy56HbyaLdvdEHVb27E4yLZ6xQnnNCf-iybSSED_gK-ZJULoqzOlzGRwsRH67OYLW7YRmTI688O6Z24oJbLXCFydNhyJzEMgg4j2rTJmevyjYKB0zQAScgdwqUFmb7g8kD7Epdap4wxcKj91mwo_XWwoX5VdNhLWr_6sUTGJvrgk8x5ViOrCahBn70xEdG9Eok-KgWU1Rd9_A534XjGKP7sHKZZ2oKHIM_m9lOZJEbVE5FxQNjI9unB76hEduTpdGEmi0YNWQs3Xh8J5Ugu9KcrYjzW6cZmxopBkAC9dUlEUIHRGe0C-dEcAIMsgWEYeTQXN6NXKe2fg6P-_qPaeTHoCskS509Cfkk2GMoQ7Y48B0sR1s_uX7hriw00gCmnN8MSN4HRqQbzDKNiqXub3al_o58v40Rnd6HyRRIIqzlsxznoxZBDcc82ved7Tlzsw53Ixr4B3NL0Ol9WuGi_mbAZ_f5vRe0hmM_j4Z9Q7G0bMgRkqdy5kcUZc1kyEuABcv-_vfFw_mppiJ0YIEZEbsLpKUQkPPGJa3Rb4xwStdqutAIOiniJCDE33ZQHYZ15A9390SM8S7iAE9o1dnhbYJ0Iv9vR6e3VFxjMweoyHEWq56jsNOeYs-4xwzIzp79QYlVq8C44X4MrNPtRj7XanHGGAqHdaEuHaOURiUrMc27D35BPF49IV53rY4y49L4ThS2TvpVWKkBvW31vd1d-gmLrxF-pj6qWl-CgAZgGBHDwWtSZSBDOSKH88xTVEOoVXYLsa_j9zj43-nnm4vL_un8XkNXuli6s/https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0G6K52GP7/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_plhdr=t&hsa_cr_id=0&qid=1781887673&sr=1-1-9e67e56a-6f64-441f-a281-df67fc737124&i=aps&aref=hB5tDRKGzE&ref_=sbx__sbtcd_asin_0_img&pd_rd_w=fI3IN&content-id=amzn1.sym.2fb72bc8-96ef-420d-b08f-c04b69f36507%3Aamzn1.sym.2fb72bc8-96ef-420d-b08f-c04b69f36507&pf_rd_p=2fb72bc8-96ef-420d-b08f-c04b69f36507&pf_rd_r=VFVZMTC57FD4RJED2PVA&pd_rd_wg=nrrUX&pd_rd_r=821a8745-7cb9-426b-bb71-b0ccb51ebb07) is what I’m talking about.
Drill it out
If I was going to miss a ride my quick stop gap method would be cut a piece of old tube to place inside the clamping surface. Then line up the brake lever where I wanted it and use a zip tie and maybe even some duct or electrical tape to hold enough to get a ride in. Ive done worse on trail to get home before.
Just go to any machine shop, car mechanics, they will fix you in no time, for basically no money. I don’t think it is worth biying tools to remove this one, this one time. Good luck!
Everybody here recommending upgrading bolts, my recommendation, get a torque wrench!
Levers need to be tight enough to stay, but move in case of an accident/ crash. This over tightened bolt would have broken the lever, the whole lever or the bar in an accident. 4nm – 5nm is all that is required.