As the title suggests I've made an ar5e of taking a cleat bolt out and rounded it. How the **** am I gonna get it out now? Help! Please!
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!!Aarrggghhhh I've rounded a cleat bolt!!
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Posted 2 years ago #
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commiserations is all i can give. feelin for ya buddy.
now get the drill out and mtfu.
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If the cleats are knackered, try and cut a groove in the head and turn it like a screw or drill the head off and use mole grips to extract the bolt stem.
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Carefully drill it out, cleat bolts are (as you've just found out) pretty soft, so it's an easy job.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Thanks folks but you're both right....the only option now is to show it the drill....and todays fettling was going so well up until that point.
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Find the torq bit that is a bit too big, bang it in with a hammer and then use an battery drill to spin it out, simples.
Oh yeah plus gas or WD40 it first
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in a similar situation i used one of those reverse thread screw extractor drill bits. did the job (though i nearly broke my wrist in the process - be warned!).
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crikey @ the bendy wristed
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If the cleat's useless I use an angle grinder to cut a screwdriver slot. And it sometimes adds ventilation and drainage channels to the shoe.
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Drill
and remember to spray a load of wd40 on it beforehand next time
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