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#412870 11/21/2010 10:27 AM
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WEll as most of you know I have been working on a bike that was over heated at the Lone star rally. I finally am saticfies with the measure ments I took on the valve clearances.
So Saturday I went over to take off the cams and get out the shims. I had one h#ll of a atime getting the cam bridges off. Those bolts were so stuck that I twisted 4 torques bits, ruined the teeth in 3 of the bolts, and totaly stripped out the heads of 2 bolts. The ones I stripped out he star inside I had to use an easy out and broke one of my easy outs. Is there a trick I missed somewhere in doing this job? I have never had this kind of problem before.

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You have to give each of the bolts a good wack with a hammer to shock them loose. Hammer and a brass punch should work although I just smacked mine with a hammer. An impact driver should work also.

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Re: Valve adjustment problems
Gregger #412872 11/21/2010 4:36 PM
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I used an impact hammer, maybe the overheat condition caused the difficulty?

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Gregger #412873 11/21/2010 7:32 PM
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Quote:

You have to give each of the bolts a good wack with a hammer to shock them loose. Hammer and a brass punch should work although I just smacked mine with a hammer. An impact driver should work also.




+1 and I even posted that in the other thread about this recently.

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The_Dog33 #412874 11/21/2010 8:17 PM
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cool thanks guys I am going to invest in an impact driver as soon as I can find one.

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StandingBull #412875 11/22/2010 10:03 AM
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Yep, did the same here, broke 3 bits then got the good old impact out, 2-3 hits on each just "cracks" that seal so they come out easy

Good luck buddy


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TrOjAn #412876 11/22/2010 7:10 PM
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I didn't break any bits but I did put the bit in each bolt and smack with a hammer then break loose.


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The_Dog33 #412877 11/22/2010 9:13 PM
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I did try that I put the socket bit in and then put an extension on it then wacked it with a hammer. I ended up using an impact pulling the trigger real slow so it hammered slowly. Then they came loose except 2 and it stripped them out. So I drilled and tapped them got one then the tap broke, I ended up using one of those dies for a stripped head and some vise grips and it came loose. what a pain.

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StandingBull #412878 11/22/2010 9:36 PM
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There is your mistake, the impact we are talking about is the kind you hold and hit with a hammer.


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The_Dog33 #412879 11/22/2010 9:46 PM
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yea I don't have one yet. I am going to get one though as soon as I can find one.


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You can check on www.tooltopia.com they do seem to have some descent deals if you do not want to go to Sears.

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Speedblue #412881 11/23/2010 2:25 AM
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Thanks guys for the help. I really never had that problem before I thought it was odd to say the least and quite an aggrevation


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