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I have w hammer driver somewhere, you're welcome to use it. I'll look for it today.

Funky wrote:I have w hammer driver somewhere, you're welcome to use it. I'll look for it today.

cheers funky! you reckon it would undo it? cos the bolthead is nearly rounded off cos of the last owner seems like he had a go aswell!

losen the rest of the engine mounting bolts and then start the bike up, u may find it shifts into place itself and then becomes easy to undo. not wishing to sound stupid, have you undone the engine mount clamp bolt that holds the engine mount bolt in place ?

failing that, liberal amounts of wd40 for a couple of days will help. or bring it down to mine

billinom8s wrote:losen the rest of the engine mounting bolts and then start the bike up, u may find it shifts into place itself and then becomes easy to undo. not wishing to sound stupid, have you undone the engine mount clamp bolt that holds the engine mount bolt in place ?

failing that, liberal amounts of wd40 for a couple of days will help. or bring it down to mine

yeh i've undone the clamp fully lol! about loosening the bolts; thats what the guys said on the r6ers forum however I really dont have the time to get all the fairings off and fiddle with bolts but i'll do my best to try & do what you said next week. btw I've already tried the wd40 but no luck either...
ps sorry if this sounds stupid but obv u need a jack to lift the weight of the engine when loosening the bolts right? hows the setup of the bike's gonna be like? ie paddock stands? would I need both front and back or just the back would do? ....as you can tell, its my first time playing with the engine & the frame...!!
thanks for your help so far si!

Have you tried tightening it up again? Sometimes you need to tighten & loosen several times with copious amounts of said WD40.

DaveMcR1 wrote:Have you tried tightening it up again? Sometimes you need to tighten & loosen several times with copious amounts of said WD40.

Tried that but no luck! WD40 isnt doing much cos theres no where it can go through to the thread im guessing...

WD40 will soak in. I'll take a look tonight to see if I have my impact driver with me, if I do, bring it over at the weekend and we'll try to whack it out.

Mate i will be home saturday afternoon bring ya bike up and i will have a look for you

Home all day so come on up

I know when i have a seized bolt i spray it with release it spray then use a spanner (NOT A OPEN ENDER) and i look for the longest pipe that the spanner will just go into. then put the spanner on the bolt and pipe on the spanner and give that a try, method of madness is the longer the leverage the less force required to do the job. but try to get someone to replace the spanner while you move the pipe.