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Canadian Daves JustKDX
Siezed Linkage Bolt.
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[QUOTE="reepicheep, post: 1369110, member: 104942"] The bolt is the most obviously "stuck" thing, so focus the heat on that. But everything will get hot. My normal process is oil, heat, oil, whack, repeat. I think the repeated heat and cool cycles help break stuff free. I don't recall the bolt you are talking about specifically, but also be warned it is REALLY easy to mushroom out that head on the bolt (messing it up, though you can probably grind down and use a thread die to salvage it). The swingarm pivot bolt (I think that's the one) has a hole in one end, so when I hammered a punch into that one to push it through, the punch wedged itself in the bolt. So I had the bolt half out, but with the punch stuck into it. Getting those bearings in and out may be possible with a C Clamp, but they can be really stuck in there. I used heat and a big bench top vise (and some old sockets) to push them out. It isn't hard, but it often feels like a 3 handed job (hold socket in place, hold swingarm in place, tighten vise, catch parts dropping free). I did it all with Propane (in spite of the fact that I have oxy-act right there in the garage)... I didn't have to pull out the "big guns". [/QUOTE]
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