LiftdT4R Posted March 15, 2006 Report Posted March 15, 2006 OK, really newb question here, and I definately know there is something extremely obvious I must be missing, but I have searched here, and I also read the Clymer shop manual for the Banshee, but I can NOT remove the pivot bolt in the upper control arm on my banshee. I removed the nut, and punded the hell out of it. It does not come out. The sop manual gives no specific instructions. I am trying to paint the A ARMs up front, as they are a little rusted from 4 years use. Thanks for the advice, Jason Quote
banshee350twin Posted March 15, 2006 Report Posted March 15, 2006 control arm ? is it were the shock conects to the a-arm ? or were the a-arms connect to the frame. Quote
LiftdT4R Posted March 15, 2006 Author Report Posted March 15, 2006 sorry, guess I should have been a bit more specific, it is the spot on the upper a/control arm where it mounts to the farme. I'll be damned if I can figure out how this bolt comes out, it has me super pissed, and I know it must be something simple. Quote
Wallrat Posted March 15, 2006 Report Posted March 15, 2006 Unfortunately it ain't. You my friend have a frozen bolt. I beat the hell out of mine when it happened to me. Then I tried some heat, finally I drilled out the center and got a bigger hammer. That did the trick. Quote
icecold_shee Posted March 15, 2006 Report Posted March 15, 2006 use an impact, and a flat head screwdriver and wedge on the bolt head while you loosen it with the impact, worked for me Quote
pipebomb Posted March 16, 2006 Report Posted March 16, 2006 and lube the piss out of it w/ some PB blaster. makes WD-40 look like tap water. Quote
LiftdT4R Posted March 16, 2006 Author Report Posted March 16, 2006 damn, figured this was not good from the start, bad news is, the other side ain't any easier to get out. Whoever had this bike before me installed the bolts backward, so the threads are pointed back by the engine, extremely hard to get at. There was also almost no grease when I undid the grease fitting, so I'm guess that doesn't help either. I pulled the exhaust completely off, and I'll probably remove the fenders today, I'll give it a little bit of PB blaster and a 5lb mini sledge. Just wanted to make sure that it wasn't something easier, and I hope the bottoms arent as bad. Thanks! Quote
LiftdT4R Posted March 16, 2006 Author Report Posted March 16, 2006 Ok, gave just about everything I know a shot this morning. I punded the shit out of this with a 5lb mini sledge, and just about everything else, including my fists, when I got angry enough. I can not get this sucker to move, even 1 mm. They back, threaded part, of the the bolt is just kind of mushrooms out, and will no doubt eventually receed back to the frame. I am fresh out of ideas, and again, any help would be greatly appreciated. This bike was neglected by it's previous owner, and the greases fittings were rather dry, I'm guessing that's what caused this. I included a pic below, the threaded portion is circled in green, and the head in blue. Thanks again! Quote
lowriderb Posted March 16, 2006 Report Posted March 16, 2006 i ended up cutting the ends of the bolts off and getting new sleeves and bolts.. i got a air saw between the frame and end cap on the a arm and cut the end of the bolt off from there.. Quote
LiftdT4R Posted March 16, 2006 Author Report Posted March 16, 2006 thanks, I tried to break out the sawzall, but I have had no luck, I tried to bend back the frame mounts a bit to get at it, but not really any room to work there. This one's really got me, I am off Thursday/Friday, and I allready spent the better part of the day trying to remove a signle bolt. Any other tips would be greatly appreciated, Jason Quote
98bonerSTOCKshee Posted March 16, 2006 Report Posted March 16, 2006 sounds like fun! days trying to get one single bolt out... Try grinding the head down flush with the bracket, maybe you'll be able to beat the bolt out the other directon!. maybe even grind both ends. Quote
crazywheelerman365 Posted March 16, 2006 Report Posted March 16, 2006 cut the ends off with a die grinder or something , then take a bunch to the center of the bolt , drill the center out and it should fall out . When you get that thing back together lube the shit outa it ! Quote
Wallrat Posted March 16, 2006 Report Posted March 16, 2006 Yup, drilling out the center works wonders. I'd also agree that cutting off the bolt head would be a good route. That way you'd have a little more room to work and you can beat on it from both ends if needed. Quote
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