Proto SCS Problem

[Jimmy C]

i have a proto scs and i tried to loosen the bolts and the first one came un done easy but the second two got rounded out and wont come out now. is there any way for me to get the bolts out without drilling em out?

 

[paulleparik]

WD40. Or you will have to drill em out because of the stripped bolts if they are like circles...

 

[Jimmy C]

if i drill them out would it mess up the threads to put in a new bolt?

 

[connor Donnelly]

bring it to home depot and see if they can help.or see if you can find those drill bits that get out stripped bolts

 

[Jimmy C]

the bolt itself isnt stripped the allen head where you put the wrench in is and ive tried to hammer in a bigger allen wrench but i cant find one that would fit into it

 

[paulleparik]

Bring it to a bike shop or home depot.

 

[Jimmy C]

bike shops around me dont really like scooters that much. but ill try like a hardware store like aco or homedepot

 

[gjdadj]

if its really tight they can stick out the other side, then you just saw it and stick a small flathead screwdriver i8n the cut and loosen it like that.

that really suxks.....

 

[Broccoli1]

Spray some WD-40 or Liquid wrench

Put some grease on the Good Bolt, put it back in and tighten it just a bit- this will relieve some of the pressure that the stuck bolts have on them.

I think Proto clamps use a 5mm Allen key- try a Standard allen or a Flat head screw driver.

here is the Sticky- which says the same thing

http://www.scooterresource.com/?p=1458

 

[scootinjew]

bike shops around me dont really like scooters that much. but ill try like a hardware store like aco or homedepot

it's not about what bike shops want, if you pay they gotta do, dumbass bike shop...

 

[alexallupinthis]

so the bolt is tripped? what you do is hammer a flathead into it and turn it out like that

 

[Jimmy C]

tried that^ didnt work so i ordered a new scs and cut the bolts out. if anyone knows how to get the thread part of the bolt out that would be helpful too

 

[gjdadj]

if theyre snapped and sitting in the threads then you get a very small screwdriver, lube the threads then put the small screwdriver in the hole and spin it really quickly, hopefully the friction will twist it out, if it doesnt work, put PVA glue in there and put the screwdriver in there too, then twist it loose and it'll have hopefully molded to the threads and stuck to the remains of the bolt, then it will work as a screw head and twist it out. i hope you understand that

 

[Robert]

tighten the other ones up all the way and then those ones should loosen up

 

[Joey Wallace]

----- i just got a brand new scs and 4 days later the top bolt strips out... im so pissed and there's like nothing i can do about it its like stuck tight and im not sure what too do someone give some advice.

 

[cody]

There is literally like 30 threads about this...

 

[Joey Wallace]

There is litterally 2 that i found looking in the first 6 pages. none of them say anything to help me out so i posted in here. fucking smartass

 

[Connorh333]

look at this article on the compression/clamps subsection.
http://www.scooterresource.com/?p=1458

 

[Cap'n Crunch]

I do have to say just like a little reminder, you do have to loosen them slowly going down. You cant loosen and take one out and do it to the rest. It just really messes up your bolts.

 

[Robert]

why did you bump this