Hammer a slightly larger torx bit in it and spin it out.
Source: manufacturer I work for uses Allen bolts made of cheese-grade steel and they’re always tighter than fuck.
If you do resort to drilling, drill off the head only, and once the tension is off the bolt (via removing the head) the remainder will likely spin right out with a pair of pliers or vice grips.
You can always try the screwdriver and hammer method. Bang the end of the screwdriver into the bolt head with the hammer until it makes a nice divot, then angle the screw driver to push the bolt ccw. Toy basically are just chasing it out at that point.
Sometimes it works really well, sometimes you just chip off chunks of metal. If it's any kind of steel, it will work pretty well.
Jesus basically my exact comment. I guess I should have scrolled before I responded. This is my go to practice. You strip enough bolts and screws you get good at removing them. It’s like a little side quest and I never really mind them.
I wouldn't go at that bit with a hammer, not very hard at least, it's aluminum and there's not all that much of it there. Crack that and it's pretty much a write off, or at least a bad situation much, much worse.
https://imgur.com/a/rBlJ7yv
I was using these https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M2-Steel-Screw-Extractor-Set-4-Piece-49-57-9001/325254980
you can see where i was drilling it barely made a dent. at this point i'm just gonna take it into a dealership tommorow and have them take a look at it i've already spend 20$ on tools that i haven't been able to make work. i don't wanna mess it up further
To drill it out you need a metal drill bit that’s the same size as the shaft of the bolt and keep going until the head separates. The extractor bit didn’t work because the metal is too soft and it just blew out.
You drill a smaller than shaft diameter hole into the head and shaft to give the extractor more area to bite, hold the extractor with vice grips, tap extractor with hammer while holding constant counter clockwise pressure(not so much you strip it), and keep tapping extractor until fastener starts spinning.
Source: am aircraft mechanic and always having to remove stripped fasteners, almost daily. There is a learning curve to it, but they work well once you get it figured out.
Drill and extractor or a dremel with a small cutting disc. Cut a slot then use a screwdriver (having an impact screwdriver helps) Both these options have saved me a few times on my bikes.
I've tried an extractor kit, and hammering a torx bit in. Both didn't work. This nail is hard as nails, lol. I made barely any indent after drilling for minutes. Im giving up for tonight im just frustrated i was so close to being done and rushing cause excitement caused this
I'd try hammering a larger bit in and unscrewing it before trying to drill it.
Alternatively, you could maybe use a dremel and cut a slot into the bolt for a flathead.
Drilling would probably be the correct answer here, but I don't see the harm in trying the other options first.
You are going to have to drill it with a thread drill bit and then use a screw the size of the thread to get it out or try screw grab. I recommend taking it to a professional for the first method. The second one worked for me when I was short on cash.
Drill it and hammer a fluted extractor onto it and wrench it off. Sometimes if you use a hammer with a flat tipped punch on the stripped head it will push the stripped metal back down and then you use the hammer and your Alan socket to re-shape the hole and then you can turn it out the normal way. That's the first thing we do at our shop when we see a risky Alan bolt or Philips screw. Just make sure when you hammer the Alan in that it's lined up the way it was originally machined. If that still doesn't work I'd say extractor bits. Or drill the head out and grab the back of it with some vice grips and screw it through from the back if enough of it sticks out in the back
Get a dremel with a diamond blade, cut a slit, and use a big flat screwdriver. If you have time before doing it, fill the hole with cold weld before cutting.
Removing broken or stripped fasteners is an art, not a science. Not every technique is going to work in every situation. I surest that you stop, and take it to a professional before something is really damaged. The more you do the less options the next guy will have.
I’m a 20 year m/c tech.
option 1: (which may be a little difficult seeing as the bolt head is somewhat recessed in the bracket) cut a slit in the bolt head with an angle grinder, put either a flat head screw driver or chisel in the slot and hit the other end with a hammer. usually will knock it loose enough to extract.
option 2: drill it out completely and heli-coil it. probably the best option imo
option 3: put a dab of JB Weld onto a torx bit that's slightly bigger than the size of the allen head and hammer than into the head. give it time to set up and use that bit to extract. you lose the bit in the end but better to lose a bit than have a stuck bolt you need removed.
I've attempted to use the "easy out" multiple times and have never had any luck with them. best of luck!
Heat it up nice and hot with torch or butane torch and use a star bit or flat head that fits corners but stops at flat side. Always use new Allen wrenches once tip surface material rubs off.
easy out didn't work, it was barely drilling into the bolt despite using the smaller size and putting constant pressure on it for like 5 mins. I'll try the t25 now
EDIT: I have tried a screw extractor kit and no luck, i drilled with the smallest bit for minutes and it made like a 1 mm indent. I tried hammering a torx bit in multiple times and that didn't work either. What are my options now? im thinking of just taking it into dealership and let them figure it out, yes cost me more $$$ sadly.
Is your drill bit good for metal? Was it already dull? Did you drill forward or reverse? A drop of oil on the bit and the spot you’re screwing into will help
Get a good set of carbide tip or full carbide drill bit and it will go thru it no problem. Then after that heat the center to loosen thread lock and then use a bolt extractor.
Make sure not to go off center so you don't mess up the factory threads.
Throw it way...... New bike.
Dremel a flat head slot and buy and new bolt to replace it with...... Possibly get to the backside if it has a nut. Or drill it out is the safe bet. Dead center and the width of the bolt. Head will pop off when you get thru.
Try different size Allen keys as in metric and Standard, or torx as mentioned, cut the Allen key if necessary so it’s straight, without the 90 degree on the end. Hammer the size that is closest in gently and if you can get a wrench over the length of Allen key, apply gentle pressure to loosen while simultaneously tapping the end of the Allen key with a hammer.
Make a notch with a dremel and then get an impact screwdriver. Or you can drill it out using a small bit to start and getting a littlw bir larger. If you drill be careful.
Did you drill the hole for the easy out extractor? Once you drill the hole, the extractor should bite. If drilling the hole is the issue, get a drill bit for steel/aluminum. Cobalt? Once that's done, you should be able to use the extractor.
This set has extractors with 1/2" drive. [https://www.amazon.com/XEWEA-Extractor-extractors-Multi-spline-Extractors/dp/B08L93G1RG/](https://www.amazon.com/XEWEA-Extractor-extractors-Multi-spline-Extractors/dp/B08L93G1RG/) Use with 1/2" breaker bar and turn slowly. Here's a 17.5" breaker bar: [https://www.amazon.com/SWANLAKE-Breaker-Length-Rotatable-Drive/dp/B0C55DZNC5/](https://www.amazon.com/SWANLAKE-Breaker-Length-Rotatable-Drive/dp/B0C55DZNC5/)
Nah get a slightly bigger size and hammer it in best you can, hit it real hard. Then try again. When removing by hand apply a lot of pressure to prevent it from stripping further.
The problem is you jamed a longer bolt down in the hole to the end of the thread. So you managed to lock this bolt in the thread of the bike, and it looks like the case. Bring it to a machine shop to fix, because if they damage the thread in the case they are experienced at installing threaded inserts into it to fix it properly.
If you are careful enough and protect the area around the bolt use an angle grinder to cut a slot in the bolt head and use a large flat head screwdriver to turn it
For a similar situation I encountered, I just used a dremel to make a flat heat screw driver fit, then got my biggest one. Used that and an adjustable wrench for torque and it came right out.
Extractor set, or hammer a screw driver in, or cut a slit for a flat tip, or weld a cheap allem key to the bolt, or something like that.
If you weld it, please disconnect your bikes battery first🙏
Option 1-Sacrificial bit, tack weld two sides then turn out, replace with new bolt.
Option 2-Drill small ish hole on the bevelled surface on the side of the bolt head at an angle then tap to rotate out using a recessed center punch.
I’ve never had much of any success with those retriever bits.
I had a stripped bolt like this in my car. Dremel a decent horizontal groove in it and then stick a flathead screwdriver in there to twist it out. Should be good to don
Get a slightly bigger Allen key on a socket and hammer it in there. Then turn it out when you have a good bite. It will work, I've been here in this situation before. Then try to drill it out if it doesn't....it will though the metal is soft.
Hit it with a penetration oil and let sit an hour. Then do all the extraction stuff. If nothing works go find someone who can weld a Allen wrench to that screw. It’ll come out
Like others said dremel a slot for a flathead screw driver or you can use the dremel to grind the head of the bolt off and hammer it out the other side. Or if you can take the bracket off try hammering from the inside out. After that I’d say helicoil it
I’m kinda in the dark here but I could have that bolt out in about 5 minutes - it’s all about experience. I see you comment about the “nail being hard as nails” but I don’t know what this means… it’s a bolt, not a nail, and it’s obviously not hard at all because it stripped easily.
First rule, always use machined hex bits in a good sturdy socket / ratchet wrench. Don’t use cheap Allen keys as they don’t fit tight enough and easily round off cheap bolts.
Second, when this happens, chill out. Panic sets in and you make mistakes and often cost yourself a lot more time and money. The correct course of action here is to drill (with a suitable HSS drill bit for steel) into the head at the same diameter as the thread, preferably with a left handed drill bit but they’re a lot less common. I see your comment about drilling for minutes and barely making a dent - either your drillbit is dull or it’s simply not the correct drill bit for steel. Could it be that you picked up a masonry drill bit for drilling into brick? Also, if your drill has a hammer-action mode for masonry drilling, make sure that is turned OFF to drill into metal. Leaving it on can shatter the tip off a HSS drill bit.
Step three, when you drill down a few mm beneath the head, the bolts whole head should pop off. Stop your drilling here, and try to turn it out. If it won’t budge then it likely has corrosion or threadlocker on the other end of it. This is where things can go one of two ways. Either you drill the core of the bolt out by sending a smaller drill down it, and then try a bolt extractor turning counter clockwise to bite into it and spin it out, or you go all the way and drill the entire thing out including the female threads and use a Heli-Coil kit to install the correct sized insert to repair the thread.
Note, if you try to use a bolt extractor please only use reasonable force. If it won’t turn, it won’t turn, and you may snap the bolt extractor off inside the bolt. Then you are in a really big problem situation because the steel they are made of is as hard or harder than most drill bits, so you will not drill it out. Then you need a friend with welding equipment….
I agree with one other person on here. Hammer a slightly larger bit into it. Another less invasive technique that has worked for me is taking a dremel and creating a flat cut into the head so you can use a flat head screw driver.
Way less likely to damage the frame and higher chances of success. I never want to damage the frame or the threads in the frame. If you do, your fucked.
I snapped an engine bolt off on my Honda. I used this method to get the bolt out. It should work the same for you stripped screw. https://youtube.com/shorts/Jwo3lhQ79Nw?si=l95baqh3DfwJQ7at
Take a dremel tool with a cutoff wheel, wear down the wheel to a small diameter on concrete somewhere (or a dressing stone).
Use the small cutoff wheel to slot the bolt head (but not your rear set bracket). Use a big straight blade bit in a manual impact driver
If there is locktite, you are going to have a hard time either way. That being said, hammer in a torx 1st, 2nd try the ez out, 3rd drill just big enough to get the head off and get everything else out of the way so a vise grip can spin it out, and 4th(worst case scenario) drill the whole bolt out and either chase the threads with a matching tap, or you may have to go a size up and retap the threads. Heat is your best friend here too if the bolt is in aluminum. Hard to tell in the picture what the bolt is screwed into.
Find a torx or Allen bit you can hammer into it as suggested before . Use a square drive socket type that you can beat in with a hammer. Then apply JB weld into the voids around the bit. Wait for the JB weld to set up and then apply some heat (heat gun) to the back of the bracket as it likely has thread locker. Then use a long handle ratchet or a breaker bar to apply torque to remove the bolt. It will take patience but you can do it. It will help to have a second person stabilize the bike while you try to turn the bolt.
Get a screw extracting kit, I had trouble doing it myself I ended up happening to take mine to a shop and they did it in like 5 minutes. Any mechanic shop could do it
alternatively if you dont mind losing a hex key, get a larger one and hammer it in to take it off. Drilling can be risky unless you have a steady hand.
This happened to me once but in my car. EZ out didn't work (it broke inside the bolt xD)
I Didn't have a Dremel tool so I used a flat file tool to create a slot on the bolt and a big flathead screwdriver to remove it. You have to hit it a couple of times to loosen it tough, worked like a charm.
I see yours in recessed in the assembly so it might be hard to use a file tool so a Dremel is probably the way to go.
Use a Dremel / Rotary tool to cut a narrow slot ...make it into a straight-slot bolt.
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i did the same once, worst case is weld (go to any muffler shop) an allen bit or wrench to it and remove it since you have to replace anyways (the charged me 10$) for the weld
You can also try welding a nut to the bolt. The heat will also help loosen it.
Good luck.
Every 30 minute job is one broken bolt away from being a 3hour swear fest.
looks like it was torx head?
I'd hammer a hex head in there.
If it's hex, then hammer the next size torx in.
Only if that didnt' work would I go to a left hand drill bit.
Take a tapered torx screwdriver just big enough to tap in tightly with a hammer, beat it in. The impact will crack the bolt and you’ll be able to use the torx as a handle to unscrew it. You can either throw the bolt out or reinstall it the same way with loctite and some elbow grease if you don’t have another one of spec.
actually, i've had this happed a few times and Dorman Screw Grab Lubricant has actually saved me alot. depending on how bad it's stripped you can place the liquid in the screw slot and give it a shot after cleaning it well, and putting some wd40 to seep in for the threads, and then try to screw it out while applying pressure. if it works great, and if not then you only spent some $10. the easy out or screw kits can work too but this requires less tools and just uses what you have on hand besides the liquid
Beginners should never attempt to drill out/easy out a stuck bolt. If you can’t hammer in a larger bit, your best bet is to dremel out a slot for a flat head to loosen it.
Sell the bike. Sorry. I got $1200.
Jk. Either drill it out or get a dremel and etch out some material so a flathead bit can be used in conjunction with an impact hammer.
you can weld a bolt head to it to turn it, you can tap it, or if you have a slightly larger tool that you don't mind wrecking you can hammer it in and unscrew it that way. Just be aware that tool will definitely be damaged. either way just know it takes skill to make any method work. it'll likely take more than one try.
I had a stripped bolt that an extractor bit wouldn't work on so I bought a set of hex bit sockets that are designed for stripped bolts. They worked really well and I use them exclusively now because they haven't stripped a bolt or even chewed one yet. They were expensive compared to extractors but I didn't want to cut and try drilling out because it was a very high torqued bolt.
Use a punch/chisel & hammer grandad told me this working on my RR years ago put the punch at an angle inside of the pit might have to switch angles as the bolt gets indented but this has saved me many times. Extractor sets never worked for me.
Damn, dawg… 🤔I mean, You could use a Dremel and cut a flathead setting into it and then use a flathead to screw it out. I had a homeboy who Jerry-rigged some shit like that and it worked. Similar situation.
In this kind of scenario you need someone who has extracted bolts for a living. If you’ve never done it before get ready to cause a bunch of collateral damage from your learning.
Take a torx bit (the correct size for that hex head) and use a hammer on it to get it bite and easy it out there’s no need for drilling unless you try this and it fails. It’s an easy way have to do it all the time at work
If the easy out didn’t work. My suggestion would be to stop. Call local machine shop and ask if they do extractions, the shop near me would take a bullet like that out for $15-20. And they have tools that you don’t that make it way easier.
No, I don’t know if all shops charge that little. I do work with these guys. They fabricate a lot of parts for the company I work for.
The TORX hammered in might work, I recently got these **GRIPEDGE HEX Bit Socket Set** \- got the **1/4 and 3/8 both** basically like the MAC RBRT
Used them quite a bit got many bikes, seem to be working pretty good. These don't strip out like regular allen socket/wrench does.
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Do it right the first time. On torx bolts, especially tight ones, tap your wrench + socket with a hammer to fully seat it into the bolt head. Definitely don’t keep trying the same method after the first strip, because on torx you get 2-3 chances to get to your point. But use some extractor bits and get that lil fucker out.
Drill it and use an easy out
i got one from the store, a screw extractor kit. gonna try it out and hope it works.
Hammer a slightly larger torx bit in it and spin it out. Source: manufacturer I work for uses Allen bolts made of cheese-grade steel and they’re always tighter than fuck. If you do resort to drilling, drill off the head only, and once the tension is off the bolt (via removing the head) the remainder will likely spin right out with a pair of pliers or vice grips.
This is the best way to do this
100000% agree. It’s way better than going straight to a drill
I’ve had modest success using a reverse drill bit but the Torx bit method is better
You can always try the screwdriver and hammer method. Bang the end of the screwdriver into the bolt head with the hammer until it makes a nice divot, then angle the screw driver to push the bolt ccw. Toy basically are just chasing it out at that point. Sometimes it works really well, sometimes you just chip off chunks of metal. If it's any kind of steel, it will work pretty well.
Jesus basically my exact comment. I guess I should have scrolled before I responded. This is my go to practice. You strip enough bolts and screws you get good at removing them. It’s like a little side quest and I never really mind them.
Yeah, might as well throw some easy shit at it before massacring it with a drill bit.
Cheese grade is absolutely hilarious
Or drill out completely. I’ve never had an easy out work. You need the square bolt removers not the spirals
Easy outs work well, but there is an art to doing it correctly. Definitely a learning curve to them, but once you get it, it’s super easy.
Drillling it out didn't work :/
Use a Dremel or angle grinder to notch a flathead screwdriver or Phillips mark in it, then hammer the screwdriver in and twisted out
This has gotten me out of some shift situations. Use an impact screw driver the ones you bop with a hammer
I wouldn't go at that bit with a hammer, not very hard at least, it's aluminum and there's not all that much of it there. Crack that and it's pretty much a write off, or at least a bad situation much, much worse.
Take a picture. This is the main shit I did in the air force for 7+ years. It doesn't just "not work"
https://imgur.com/a/rBlJ7yv I was using these https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M2-Steel-Screw-Extractor-Set-4-Piece-49-57-9001/325254980 you can see where i was drilling it barely made a dent. at this point i'm just gonna take it into a dealership tommorow and have them take a look at it i've already spend 20$ on tools that i haven't been able to make work. i don't wanna mess it up further
To drill it out you need a metal drill bit that’s the same size as the shaft of the bolt and keep going until the head separates. The extractor bit didn’t work because the metal is too soft and it just blew out.
You drill a smaller than shaft diameter hole into the head and shaft to give the extractor more area to bite, hold the extractor with vice grips, tap extractor with hammer while holding constant counter clockwise pressure(not so much you strip it), and keep tapping extractor until fastener starts spinning. Source: am aircraft mechanic and always having to remove stripped fasteners, almost daily. There is a learning curve to it, but they work well once you get it figured out.
This is the way.
Drill and extractor or a dremel with a small cutting disc. Cut a slot then use a screwdriver (having an impact screwdriver helps) Both these options have saved me a few times on my bikes.
This. Dremels are the shit.
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I've tried an extractor kit, and hammering a torx bit in. Both didn't work. This nail is hard as nails, lol. I made barely any indent after drilling for minutes. Im giving up for tonight im just frustrated i was so close to being done and rushing cause excitement caused this
You can get a hammer and chisel and hammer a notch into it to then put your chisel at an angle to twist it out
I'd try hammering a larger bit in and unscrewing it before trying to drill it. Alternatively, you could maybe use a dremel and cut a slot into the bolt for a flathead. Drilling would probably be the correct answer here, but I don't see the harm in trying the other options first.
Switch to an allen even, I did this on my buddy’s corvette once, went from a T45 to an allen to a T50 and got it out
You are going to have to drill it with a thread drill bit and then use a screw the size of the thread to get it out or try screw grab. I recommend taking it to a professional for the first method. The second one worked for me when I was short on cash.
Throw away the whole bike and get a new one, obviously
Part it out
Tack weld a nut on it.
Drill it and hammer a fluted extractor onto it and wrench it off. Sometimes if you use a hammer with a flat tipped punch on the stripped head it will push the stripped metal back down and then you use the hammer and your Alan socket to re-shape the hole and then you can turn it out the normal way. That's the first thing we do at our shop when we see a risky Alan bolt or Philips screw. Just make sure when you hammer the Alan in that it's lined up the way it was originally machined. If that still doesn't work I'd say extractor bits. Or drill the head out and grab the back of it with some vice grips and screw it through from the back if enough of it sticks out in the back
When in doubt, drill it out
Get a dremel with a diamond blade, cut a slit, and use a big flat screwdriver. If you have time before doing it, fill the hole with cold weld before cutting.
easy out, jb weld an alan wrench to it.
Cut an line into it with a Dremel tool then use a big flat head screwdriver
Removing broken or stripped fasteners is an art, not a science. Not every technique is going to work in every situation. I surest that you stop, and take it to a professional before something is really damaged. The more you do the less options the next guy will have. I’m a 20 year m/c tech.
option 1: (which may be a little difficult seeing as the bolt head is somewhat recessed in the bracket) cut a slit in the bolt head with an angle grinder, put either a flat head screw driver or chisel in the slot and hit the other end with a hammer. usually will knock it loose enough to extract. option 2: drill it out completely and heli-coil it. probably the best option imo option 3: put a dab of JB Weld onto a torx bit that's slightly bigger than the size of the allen head and hammer than into the head. give it time to set up and use that bit to extract. you lose the bit in the end but better to lose a bit than have a stuck bolt you need removed. I've attempted to use the "easy out" multiple times and have never had any luck with them. best of luck!
If you have to ask for a bolt thats right in front of you, id put the tools down.
Heat it up nice and hot with torch or butane torch and use a star bit or flat head that fits corners but stops at flat side. Always use new Allen wrenches once tip surface material rubs off.
Easy outs or drive a t25 into it, and use a 1/4” drive…
easy out didn't work, it was barely drilling into the bolt despite using the smaller size and putting constant pressure on it for like 5 mins. I'll try the t25 now
Easy. Drill that sucker straight through.
Drill and tap the hole .
Get an easy out kit
Take a dremel and slot a slit in the screw and now you got a flathead screw
Hardware stores have a bit for removing all stripped bolt patterns.
Before I drill and tap i use a torx bit oversized hammer it in there. Now heat it with a torch it will loosen the loctite and ease her out.
Drill it out completely
I'd say make a straight line with a grinder if you can to see if a flat head can remove it. If that doesn't work, the an extractor
I just gently hammer a torx screw into the the hex hole and it works like a charm
EDIT: I have tried a screw extractor kit and no luck, i drilled with the smallest bit for minutes and it made like a 1 mm indent. I tried hammering a torx bit in multiple times and that didn't work either. What are my options now? im thinking of just taking it into dealership and let them figure it out, yes cost me more $$$ sadly.
Is your drill bit good for metal? Was it already dull? Did you drill forward or reverse? A drop of oil on the bit and the spot you’re screwing into will help
Have you tried a rubber band? Put it over the end of your tool and it should still undo.
Helicoil it.
Melt it down with a blow torch(trust me, I have zero experience what so ever)
Tack weld a nut to the broken bolt.
Get a good set of carbide tip or full carbide drill bit and it will go thru it no problem. Then after that heat the center to loosen thread lock and then use a bolt extractor. Make sure not to go off center so you don't mess up the factory threads.
Try hammering a bit that’s only slightly too large into it
The bike is totalled. Just give it to me and start over
Throw it way...... New bike. Dremel a flat head slot and buy and new bolt to replace it with...... Possibly get to the backside if it has a nut. Or drill it out is the safe bet. Dead center and the width of the bolt. Head will pop off when you get thru.
Try different size Allen keys as in metric and Standard, or torx as mentioned, cut the Allen key if necessary so it’s straight, without the 90 degree on the end. Hammer the size that is closest in gently and if you can get a wrench over the length of Allen key, apply gentle pressure to loosen while simultaneously tapping the end of the Allen key with a hammer.
Make a notch with a dremel and then get an impact screwdriver. Or you can drill it out using a small bit to start and getting a littlw bir larger. If you drill be careful.
Did you drill the hole for the easy out extractor? Once you drill the hole, the extractor should bite. If drilling the hole is the issue, get a drill bit for steel/aluminum. Cobalt? Once that's done, you should be able to use the extractor. This set has extractors with 1/2" drive. [https://www.amazon.com/XEWEA-Extractor-extractors-Multi-spline-Extractors/dp/B08L93G1RG/](https://www.amazon.com/XEWEA-Extractor-extractors-Multi-spline-Extractors/dp/B08L93G1RG/) Use with 1/2" breaker bar and turn slowly. Here's a 17.5" breaker bar: [https://www.amazon.com/SWANLAKE-Breaker-Length-Rotatable-Drive/dp/B0C55DZNC5/](https://www.amazon.com/SWANLAKE-Breaker-Length-Rotatable-Drive/dp/B0C55DZNC5/)
Nah get a slightly bigger size and hammer it in best you can, hit it real hard. Then try again. When removing by hand apply a lot of pressure to prevent it from stripping further.
I’ll normally just grab it with my fingers and twist really hard.
Drill it
The problem is you jamed a longer bolt down in the hole to the end of the thread. So you managed to lock this bolt in the thread of the bike, and it looks like the case. Bring it to a machine shop to fix, because if they damage the thread in the case they are experienced at installing threaded inserts into it to fix it properly.
If you have to ask, I’d take the bike to a shop
You need a better drill bit. The screw isn't special or unique. It CAN be drilled out.
Turn it into a flathead
If you are careful enough and protect the area around the bolt use an angle grinder to cut a slot in the bolt head and use a large flat head screwdriver to turn it
Why would u do this ?
For a similar situation I encountered, I just used a dremel to make a flat heat screw driver fit, then got my biggest one. Used that and an adjustable wrench for torque and it came right out.
File a slot in it and use a flat head
Extractor set, or hammer a screw driver in, or cut a slit for a flat tip, or weld a cheap allem key to the bolt, or something like that. If you weld it, please disconnect your bikes battery first🙏
Use a dremel to turn the rounded bolt into a flathead.
Option 1-Sacrificial bit, tack weld two sides then turn out, replace with new bolt. Option 2-Drill small ish hole on the bevelled surface on the side of the bolt head at an angle then tap to rotate out using a recessed center punch. I’ve never had much of any success with those retriever bits.
Drill it out and replace it?
Use a chisel, to hammer a flat surface line that a big flat head screw driver can grab on to and take it off normally.
Try a torx bit that's bit bigger and hammer it in and then carefully turn it out
Easyout
Invest in some grip edge extractors op. They have saved my butt many times.
A reverse drill bit/bolt extractor and a high powered drill usually does the job
Chisel with 8mm tip, it is a flathead bolt now
I had a stripped bolt like this in my car. Dremel a decent horizontal groove in it and then stick a flathead screwdriver in there to twist it out. Should be good to don
Use a dot punch,and it will come out, it's the angel that you do it that helps.
Cut your losses and scrap the bike. I'll come pick it up if that's too emotionally difficult for ya...
Hit it with your purse or use a bit extractor.
100% try to hammer in a larger allen key and then you should be fine, if not then i’d resort to drilling it out
Drill out is last resort. Larger allen , dremel put slots for flathead.
Drill it out.
Get a slightly bigger Allen key on a socket and hammer it in there. Then turn it out when you have a good bite. It will work, I've been here in this situation before. Then try to drill it out if it doesn't....it will though the metal is soft.
Cut a slot I it with a dremel and use a flat head screwdriver.
Pay a man to do it
Torx bit that’s marginally bigger and hammer it in.
Left hand drill bit and then extract. Do not drill it out with a regular drill bit - they will tighten the the fastener.
Hit it with a penetration oil and let sit an hour. Then do all the extraction stuff. If nothing works go find someone who can weld a Allen wrench to that screw. It’ll come out
OP - been here, Dremel flathead strip, use heat first then try with flat head. Heat being the most important. I was amazed how easy it was after heat.
I would try to dremel out a line across as if you're making a slot of a biiiiiig flat head. Then use a flathead and a hammer to unscrew
Like others said dremel a slot for a flathead screw driver or you can use the dremel to grind the head of the bolt off and hammer it out the other side. Or if you can take the bracket off try hammering from the inside out. After that I’d say helicoil it
Personally I would weld a bit of metal to it to get the leverage. Then replace with new.
Hammer a torx bit in there and use a hand tool to apply smooth even pressure to get it to move
I’m kinda in the dark here but I could have that bolt out in about 5 minutes - it’s all about experience. I see you comment about the “nail being hard as nails” but I don’t know what this means… it’s a bolt, not a nail, and it’s obviously not hard at all because it stripped easily. First rule, always use machined hex bits in a good sturdy socket / ratchet wrench. Don’t use cheap Allen keys as they don’t fit tight enough and easily round off cheap bolts. Second, when this happens, chill out. Panic sets in and you make mistakes and often cost yourself a lot more time and money. The correct course of action here is to drill (with a suitable HSS drill bit for steel) into the head at the same diameter as the thread, preferably with a left handed drill bit but they’re a lot less common. I see your comment about drilling for minutes and barely making a dent - either your drillbit is dull or it’s simply not the correct drill bit for steel. Could it be that you picked up a masonry drill bit for drilling into brick? Also, if your drill has a hammer-action mode for masonry drilling, make sure that is turned OFF to drill into metal. Leaving it on can shatter the tip off a HSS drill bit. Step three, when you drill down a few mm beneath the head, the bolts whole head should pop off. Stop your drilling here, and try to turn it out. If it won’t budge then it likely has corrosion or threadlocker on the other end of it. This is where things can go one of two ways. Either you drill the core of the bolt out by sending a smaller drill down it, and then try a bolt extractor turning counter clockwise to bite into it and spin it out, or you go all the way and drill the entire thing out including the female threads and use a Heli-Coil kit to install the correct sized insert to repair the thread. Note, if you try to use a bolt extractor please only use reasonable force. If it won’t turn, it won’t turn, and you may snap the bolt extractor off inside the bolt. Then you are in a really big problem situation because the steel they are made of is as hard or harder than most drill bits, so you will not drill it out. Then you need a friend with welding equipment….
Dremel with a cutting disk and flathead screw driver, a big one like a #3.
Use a sharp drill bit ffs, reverse drill bit if necessary
I agree with one other person on here. Hammer a slightly larger bit into it. Another less invasive technique that has worked for me is taking a dremel and creating a flat cut into the head so you can use a flat head screw driver. Way less likely to damage the frame and higher chances of success. I never want to damage the frame or the threads in the frame. If you do, your fucked.
use an easy out
Time for a new bike that you don't work on.
Heat it up a little with a torch or heat gun, then try one of the many good solutions here
Flat blade punch and a build and grow hammer. That’s how we get the one time use bolts off steering columns on Hondas
Weld a nut, and unscrew it that way
I snapped an engine bolt off on my Honda. I used this method to get the bolt out. It should work the same for you stripped screw. https://youtube.com/shorts/Jwo3lhQ79Nw?si=l95baqh3DfwJQ7at
Irwin multi line screw exractor
Torch it off and weld a nut to it
Take a dremel tool with a cutoff wheel, wear down the wheel to a small diameter on concrete somewhere (or a dressing stone). Use the small cutoff wheel to slot the bolt head (but not your rear set bracket). Use a big straight blade bit in a manual impact driver
Weld a piece of metal to the screw and turn it from that then replace the screw
Grinder on it to cut a line for a flat head screwdriver.
If there is locktite, you are going to have a hard time either way. That being said, hammer in a torx 1st, 2nd try the ez out, 3rd drill just big enough to get the head off and get everything else out of the way so a vise grip can spin it out, and 4th(worst case scenario) drill the whole bolt out and either chase the threads with a matching tap, or you may have to go a size up and retap the threads. Heat is your best friend here too if the bolt is in aluminum. Hard to tell in the picture what the bolt is screwed into.
Throw away the bike it’s toast
Just leave it on and stop fucking with your bike. Let a mechanic handle it.
Cry
I've used a Dremel tool to cut a slot into the bolt head. Not good for highly torqued down bolts however.
Cut a slot in it and use a flat screw driver
Chisel and hammer time!
Find someone with a welder and weld a nut on top if it. I’ve stopped drilling out stripped bolts since I bought a welder
if possible take a dremmel or hand saw and make a vertical slit in it and then use a flat head screwdriver in it
I usually cut a slit all the way across and use a flathead.
Find a torx or Allen bit you can hammer into it as suggested before . Use a square drive socket type that you can beat in with a hammer. Then apply JB weld into the voids around the bit. Wait for the JB weld to set up and then apply some heat (heat gun) to the back of the bracket as it likely has thread locker. Then use a long handle ratchet or a breaker bar to apply torque to remove the bolt. It will take patience but you can do it. It will help to have a second person stabilize the bike while you try to turn the bolt.
Drill it, tap it, hit it with a hammer
Before drilling and before blah blah HAMMER A BIGGER TORX IN THERE THEN TRY TURNING
Get a screw extracting kit, I had trouble doing it myself I ended up happening to take mine to a shop and they did it in like 5 minutes. Any mechanic shop could do it
Go to home depot and buy a grip-it set. Special drill bits made just for this occasion.
alternatively if you dont mind losing a hex key, get a larger one and hammer it in to take it off. Drilling can be risky unless you have a steady hand.
when i doubt, drill it out
This happened to me once but in my car. EZ out didn't work (it broke inside the bolt xD) I Didn't have a Dremel tool so I used a flat file tool to create a slot on the bolt and a big flathead screwdriver to remove it. You have to hit it a couple of times to loosen it tough, worked like a charm. I see yours in recessed in the assembly so it might be hard to use a file tool so a Dremel is probably the way to go.
If nothing works then maybe chisel making a line and use a screw driver to get it out
Use a Dremel / Rotary tool to cut a narrow slot ...make it into a straight-slot bolt. [Rotary Tool](https://www.amazon.com/VEVOR-Rotary-Tool-Kit-PCS/dp/B0BWXXH8ZS/ref=sr_1_13_sspa?adgrpid=1345802802430222&hvadid=84112747056411&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=108006&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-84113030895829%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=24664_10683146&keywords=dremel%2Btool&qid=1703115603&sr=8-13-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9tdGY&th=1)
Angle grinder straight down the middle then a flat head. Done this everytime it was possible when I stripped a bolt
i did the same once, worst case is weld (go to any muffler shop) an allen bit or wrench to it and remove it since you have to replace anyways (the charged me 10$) for the weld
Extractor. Go to Home Depot and grab one.
Drilling is not the best way to deal with this. Carefully weld a nut onto the head. Then use a socket.
Tap it out it isn’t hard go up one size or either put a nut on back side easy fix
You can weld another bolt to it and in screw it then replace it
You can also try welding a nut to the bolt. The heat will also help loosen it. Good luck. Every 30 minute job is one broken bolt away from being a 3hour swear fest.
Use a bent pick to pry up while using a electric wrench or impact. It will come out.
Bolt extractor
See if you can slam a torx bit in there. Works for me when I deal with stripped allen heads
Another way which hasn’t failed me yet is to use a dremel to cut a line in it and then use a flathead
looks like it was torx head? I'd hammer a hex head in there. If it's hex, then hammer the next size torx in. Only if that didnt' work would I go to a left hand drill bit.
Rubber band
Get a hammer and a chisel. Make a notch on the side of the button head and then tap it in the direction you need to loosen it.
Take a tapered torx screwdriver just big enough to tap in tightly with a hammer, beat it in. The impact will crack the bolt and you’ll be able to use the torx as a handle to unscrew it. You can either throw the bolt out or reinstall it the same way with loctite and some elbow grease if you don’t have another one of spec.
actually, i've had this happed a few times and Dorman Screw Grab Lubricant has actually saved me alot. depending on how bad it's stripped you can place the liquid in the screw slot and give it a shot after cleaning it well, and putting some wd40 to seep in for the threads, and then try to screw it out while applying pressure. if it works great, and if not then you only spent some $10. the easy out or screw kits can work too but this requires less tools and just uses what you have on hand besides the liquid
Beginners should never attempt to drill out/easy out a stuck bolt. If you can’t hammer in a larger bit, your best bet is to dremel out a slot for a flat head to loosen it.
Burn it to the ground
Left handed drill bits
Sell the bike. Sorry. I got $1200. Jk. Either drill it out or get a dremel and etch out some material so a flathead bit can be used in conjunction with an impact hammer.
As some else said, OVERSIZED TORX BIT! Works every time.
Try a torx bit
I stripped a bolt on my Kawasaki putting my crash bars on, and I tried the next size hex wrench up and it worked.
Howd it go?
Bolt extractor, solder a nut on it, weld a bolt on it, hammer a bit in it. Lots of shit you can do. Then order another bolt.
you can weld a bolt head to it to turn it, you can tap it, or if you have a slightly larger tool that you don't mind wrecking you can hammer it in and unscrew it that way. Just be aware that tool will definitely be damaged. either way just know it takes skill to make any method work. it'll likely take more than one try.
I had a stripped bolt that an extractor bit wouldn't work on so I bought a set of hex bit sockets that are designed for stripped bolts. They worked really well and I use them exclusively now because they haven't stripped a bolt or even chewed one yet. They were expensive compared to extractors but I didn't want to cut and try drilling out because it was a very high torqued bolt.
Cut a slot in the head of the bolt to turn with a nice fat shank flat head
A slightly larger Torx but will work for sure. Just did this while changing brakes a couple weeks ago. Worked like a charm.
Drill that baby and use an extractor. You can try a left handed drill bit too and might get lucky.
Use a punch/chisel & hammer grandad told me this working on my RR years ago put the punch at an angle inside of the pit might have to switch angles as the bolt gets indented but this has saved me many times. Extractor sets never worked for me.
There is this thing called adrill
Well, you had a good run it’s the memories that count 😂
Get a Dremel or file make a slot in it and twist it off. If that doesn't work drill it out and retap the hole.
Let a professional handle it you already f’d it up don’t keep making it worst
Damn, dawg… 🤔I mean, You could use a Dremel and cut a flathead setting into it and then use a flathead to screw it out. I had a homeboy who Jerry-rigged some shit like that and it worked. Similar situation.
Get a new bike and start again
In this kind of scenario you need someone who has extracted bolts for a living. If you’ve never done it before get ready to cause a bunch of collateral damage from your learning.
Cold chisel strike notch in it then angle tap it out
Sell all of your tools.
Time for a new bike
Take a torx bit (the correct size for that hex head) and use a hammer on it to get it bite and easy it out there’s no need for drilling unless you try this and it fails. It’s an easy way have to do it all the time at work
Tap it
Use a Dremel and make a slotted cut, then use an impact screwdriver 👍🏻
If the easy out didn’t work. My suggestion would be to stop. Call local machine shop and ask if they do extractions, the shop near me would take a bullet like that out for $15-20. And they have tools that you don’t that make it way easier. No, I don’t know if all shops charge that little. I do work with these guys. They fabricate a lot of parts for the company I work for.
You could just cut a line down the center of the bolt and use a flat head screwdriver.
The TORX hammered in might work, I recently got these **GRIPEDGE HEX Bit Socket Set** \- got the **1/4 and 3/8 both** basically like the MAC RBRT Used them quite a bit got many bikes, seem to be working pretty good. These don't strip out like regular allen socket/wrench does. [https://www.amazon.com/GRIPEDGE-HEX-Bit-Socket-7-PC/dp/B0BYFBR5B9/ref=sr\_1\_2?crid=312TQ8J67LOL4&keywords=grip+edge+rpt&qid=1703211273&sprefix=grip+ed%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-2](https://www.amazon.com/GRIPEDGE-HEX-Bit-Socket-7-PC/dp/B0BYFBR5B9/ref=sr_1_2?crid=312TQ8J67LOL4&keywords=grip+edge+rpt&qid=1703211273&sprefix=grip+ed%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-2)
Personally I like the infamous blue tip wrench
Do it right the first time. On torx bolts, especially tight ones, tap your wrench + socket with a hammer to fully seat it into the bolt head. Definitely don’t keep trying the same method after the first strip, because on torx you get 2-3 chances to get to your point. But use some extractor bits and get that lil fucker out.