Won't get fooled again.

"Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!" (eurylokhos) 01/04/2019 at 11:14 • Filed to: None

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You won’t get me again, BMW. I fell for the whole “remove the strut pinch bolt to change an axle, it’ll be easy.” lie last time and attacked that bolt. Broke the damn thing off and spent 7hr drilling it out.

Not this time, you Bavarian bastard. Got the wheel off, cleaned off the bolt and soaked it with PB Blaster a couple times yesterday. I’m going to do it today as well, then leave for my 4 day trip afterwards. It should be good and soaked by the time I tackle it on Tuesday. If the bolt doesn’t break loose fairly easily on Tuesday I’ll heat it up and try again. I will not be breaking that bolt again.

If for some reason I can’t get it out without breaking it, I’ll leave the damn bolt in and pull off the lower control arm and tie rod to create the access I need.

That is the bastard that won’t defeat me this time.

Censored > Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! 01/04/2019 at 11:34

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Impacts Save (B olts) Lives

BeaterGT > Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! 01/04/2019 at 11:34

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Good luck! Hit it with PB on both sides if you can and give it some love taps to help unseat it from its corroded home. All that plus heat should do the trick.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! 01/04/2019 at 11:38

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“I bet this bolt with factory loctite into a piece of cast with exposed threads that spends all day exposed to weather and road salt will come out immediately!”

-No one ever, except a BMW design tech, apparently

Future next gen S2000 owner > Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! 01/04/2019 at 11:39

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An impact will help vs a standard wrench.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Censored 01/04/2019 at 11:39

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I love my freaking impact.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Censored 01/04/2019 at 12:31

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Good Impacts Shear Heads....

Censored > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 01/04/2019 at 17:33

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If it shears the head, nothing was taking it off without that being the outcome. 

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! 01/04/2019 at 21:27

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wire brush to exposed threads on the opposite side.

Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! > Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! 01/05/2019 at 01:36

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Thanks for the input guys. I’ll be using an impact on it. 

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Censored 01/07/2019 at 07:13

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If it doesn’t your impact isn’t big enough. ;)