SneakyDingo
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Today I went to drop the step assembly from my bike. There's a lot of videos on people doing this because there's two "common" things that involve dropping these bolts out - rotating the shift lever, and installing the shift support.
I went to loosen the 4 step assembly bolts today and... I can't get those flange bolts loose to drop the step assembly. They're TIGHT. I went to loosen one and... felt it slip. Rounded off the bolt using my socket. Switched to a new bolt, my travel scales, some math and a wrench instead of the socket... as soon as it hit 40 Nm I stopped before any more damage could occur. The Honda manual gives 27 Nm as the generic torque spec for a 8mm flange bolt, and this was way tighter than that.
At $1.60 a bolt + labor, I'm willing take it to Honda and have them deal with these bolts instead rather than risk having a very bad time later on, but I'm open to suggestions for how to get these bolts loose. The only thing I can think of is riding the bike first so the engine is hot, but no one else mentioned that in their videos.
Suggestions?
- DaBinChi Rotate shift lever
- DaBinChi installing the shift support
- QuasiMotard rotating the shift lever
I went to loosen the 4 step assembly bolts today and... I can't get those flange bolts loose to drop the step assembly. They're TIGHT. I went to loosen one and... felt it slip. Rounded off the bolt using my socket. Switched to a new bolt, my travel scales, some math and a wrench instead of the socket... as soon as it hit 40 Nm I stopped before any more damage could occur. The Honda manual gives 27 Nm as the generic torque spec for a 8mm flange bolt, and this was way tighter than that.
At $1.60 a bolt + labor, I'm willing take it to Honda and have them deal with these bolts instead rather than risk having a very bad time later on, but I'm open to suggestions for how to get these bolts loose. The only thing I can think of is riding the bike first so the engine is hot, but no one else mentioned that in their videos.
Suggestions?