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Often enough, one needs a blue hammer to undo stuff...
What you NEED is a Suron. Those things are pretty sweet.Took my eBike for a 40 mile ride to and around the old neighborhood yesterday. I left it in '75, my folks just a couple of years later. A lot of the woods are gone but some of the woods where we had our tree forts remain. I was having a good time reminiscing when I cut between a ditch and a tree and hit a stick. Maybe only 2" in diameter and 4' long, so I went over it. WRONG, it had a hidden offshoot that spun up and went into my spokes locking up the front wheel, almost tossing me over the handlebars, snapped one of the plastic fender brackets and twisted the steel arm. A hidden vine then used that exact moment to wrap itself through the rear sprockets, derailleur and hanger. After extracting everything I thought it was over, but a couple miles later the front end got squirrely - yep flat tire. About 6 miles from home.
Weak rant isn't it?
Re-checked my numbers today - it was 32 miles. A little over 4 hour ride.
Other than wetlands, a 125 acre patch of city-owned woods 150' away is all that remains. A group of local citizens (including me), concerned that even that might one day become Section 8 housing, petitioned the city to lease it for an Arboretum. Now it's filled with groomed trails that don't even allow pedal bikes. Pedestrian only. https://jacksonvillearboretum.org/
Might be time to try welding a nut to the fastener before beeaking it off the hard way. the heat might break down the locktite and/or loosen the fit.
Maybe mix 50/50 acetone and ATF and apply a time or three. Let is soak for a bit and maybe the bolts come out. It’s a trick I learned from an outboard mechanic down in the FL Keys….
PS don’t smoke around that mixture….
I think I'll let the summer heat cook the bolts, when that time comes. Weather has been shitty for the last couple of days and will be the remainder of the week. There is no rush to get the caliper off since the front brake pads are in good shape. Bike passed yesterday's inspection without any issues.
I have to say, the vast majority of thread repairs I get to do are the result of torque wrenches, or people following a misprinted torque spec.
wish i could like this post 5 times... so right. some folks go crazy over torque specs. makes sense for stressed bolts and critical dimensions- but torque specs for a license plate braxket fastener? please...
This is why I got a machine tool degree when I was 18. Cut my own gears and the whole mess....now I just laugh about it. If you can not cut your own gears.....you ain't wrenching. If you break stuck fasteners with out heat or a shock load...well the rest is history...
Salt 😂
Don't get me started on those 1/4 impact drivers. I already showed my ass ranting about torque wrenches 😅
