Take a suitable Torx insert and drive it into the broken Allen with a hammer.
Now try to loosen the screw.
You have only one try.
Good luck.
Now try to loosen the screw.
You have only one try.
Good luck.
Help!
So I am out in the garage getting ready to install my Termi exhaust. Get OEM muffler off in 2 minutes & then move to kick stand shroud & skid plate. Everything comes off smoothly until I get to that little black 4mm Allen at the rear of skid plate that threads into cat….stripped head! Ideas to get it out?
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Use mole grips or dremel a slot in it and use a impact driver with a flat head screw bit
Invest in some "extractors". They work really well. I don't know what the deal is but it seems bikes are coming with red loctite items that don't need to be. My Aprilia RS660 seems to have EVERYTHING with Red Loctite. I wound up shearing a head.
From now on I'm heating EVERYTHING first
From now on I'm heating EVERYTHING first
I did! Plus I got the motor hot & used my heat gun. Problem solved! Funny how all the other screws on the skid plate are stainless & the one that gets the hottest & screws into the cat is shallow aluminum 4mm🤦🏻♂️Invest in some "extractors". They work really well. I don't know what the deal is but it seems bikes are coming with red loctite items that don't need to be. My Aprilia RS660 seems to have EVERYTHING with Red Loctite. I wound up shearing a head.
From now on I'm heating EVERYTHING first
Might be mistaken, but it seems that there is a non "permanent" thread locker that looks like the the red version we see in the US being used by various manufacturers.Invest in some "extractors". They work really well. I don't know what the deal is but it seems bikes are coming with red loctite items that don't need to be. My Aprilia RS660 seems to have EVERYTHING with Red Loctite. I wound up shearing a head.
From now on I'm heating EVERYTHING first
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