Hey everyone,
Just need to vent a little bit and see if anyone else has dealt with this absolute nightmare. I’m trying to swap my stock footpegs for floorboards, and what should've been an easy weekend project turned into a massive headache. Honestly, if I knew it was going to be this bad, I would’ve never touched it!
The factory bolt was so ridiculously stuck that when I tried to use a breaker bar, the Torx head stripped completely. It didn't budge even a tiny bit. To get the stock peg bracket out of the way, I had to use a Dremel and cut the head of the bolt completely off.
As you can see in the photos, I managed to remove the bracket, and now I have about an inch of the bolt sticking out. The problem? Whatever glue BMW used at the factory feels like actual cement. It’s like the bolt is welded to the frame. I’ve tried everything.
First, I used an extractor bit, but it just stripped the inside of the bolt and is spinning out because the bolt is frozen.
Then, I bought a heat gun and blasted it on HIGH for 7 full minutes to melt the SUPER loctite or whatever they used. Right after heating it, I clamped some locking pliers on it as tight as humanly possible, and nothing. It won't move at all. I feel like the thick bike frame is just absorbing all the heat.
At this point, a friend told me to give up at home and just take it to a welding shop. The plan would be to weld a regular nut onto the broken bolt that's sticking out. Supposedly, the extreme heat from welding will finally melt that factory glue so we can just twist it out with a regular wrench.
Has anyone else dealt with this specific footpeg bolt? Any magic tricks before I have to load the bike onto a trailer and take it to a shop?
Just need to vent a little bit and see if anyone else has dealt with this absolute nightmare. I’m trying to swap my stock footpegs for floorboards, and what should've been an easy weekend project turned into a massive headache. Honestly, if I knew it was going to be this bad, I would’ve never touched it!
The factory bolt was so ridiculously stuck that when I tried to use a breaker bar, the Torx head stripped completely. It didn't budge even a tiny bit. To get the stock peg bracket out of the way, I had to use a Dremel and cut the head of the bolt completely off.
As you can see in the photos, I managed to remove the bracket, and now I have about an inch of the bolt sticking out. The problem? Whatever glue BMW used at the factory feels like actual cement. It’s like the bolt is welded to the frame. I’ve tried everything.
First, I used an extractor bit, but it just stripped the inside of the bolt and is spinning out because the bolt is frozen.
Then, I bought a heat gun and blasted it on HIGH for 7 full minutes to melt the SUPER loctite or whatever they used. Right after heating it, I clamped some locking pliers on it as tight as humanly possible, and nothing. It won't move at all. I feel like the thick bike frame is just absorbing all the heat.
At this point, a friend told me to give up at home and just take it to a welding shop. The plan would be to weld a regular nut onto the broken bolt that's sticking out. Supposedly, the extreme heat from welding will finally melt that factory glue so we can just twist it out with a regular wrench.
Has anyone else dealt with this specific footpeg bolt? Any magic tricks before I have to load the bike onto a trailer and take it to a shop?
that these bolts are tough to back out, but nothing that would result to these levels of frustration...
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