Stupid cheap Cotton reels!
I hated the look of the cheap and small cotton reels already fitted to my bike when I bought it. I decided I would change these over and when trying to remove them with an Allen key the already half rounded off bolt just buckled to the pressure I was asserting. I had to Dremel cut them off, tried Mole Grips (no budging) so had to drill out the old bolt from the swing arm and then re tap and die the thread. anyone had to deal with a previous owners stupidity or cheap and tacky add ones?
It would seem the cheap metals in the cotton reel had fused to the swing arm and he had used thread lock.
I hated the look of the cheap and small cotton reels already fitted to my bike when I bought it. I decided I would change these over and when trying to remove them with an Allen key the already half rounded off bolt just buckled to the pressure I was asserting. I had to Dremel cut them off, tried Mole Grips (no budging) so had to drill out the old bolt from the swing arm and then re tap and die the thread. anyone had to deal with a previous owners stupidity or cheap and tacky add ones?
It would seem the cheap metals in the cotton reel had fused to the swing arm and he had used thread lock.
