Oil drain bolt wont turn at all, gets completely stripped.
by: blarboose - Aug 16, 2014 21:02:15 GMT -5
Post by blarboose on Aug 16, 2014 21:02:15 GMT -5
Ok, so I was just trying to change my oil a few minutes ago. No matter how hard I turned, the damn bolt just WOULD NOT TURN. This by itself doesnt make any sense. Im the one who put the bolt ON last time, so the absolute tightest it could possibly be would be limited by how hard I could turn it. So unless Ive lost a TON of strength/muscle since putting the bolt on (My arms have actually gotten stronger since then due to my new job) its completely impossible for the bolt to be too tight for me to remove.
I tried plenty of WD-40, I tried with the bike nice and warmed up, and I tried with it completely cooled down. No matter what I did, this bolt just defied the laws of physics and refused to budge AT ALL.
So anyway, about 15 minutes ago, I was giving another shot at getting the damn bolt off, and all of a sudden, the socket wrench starts to turn, but the bolt doesnt turn at all. When I look at it, it literally looks like its almost completely circular. the metal was so insanely stripped. It looked like the metal was peeled like an apple. There is no way in normal metal should just scrape off so insanely easy like that.
So now, Im sitting here with a scooter that I cant change the oil on because the oil drain bolt is possessed by satan and likes to completely ignore the laws of physics. Its stripped to all and back, to the point where no wrench, socket, pliers, or anything else will get a good enough grip on it to turn it.
Whats the best course of action here? Is there any way to fix the bolt, to make it un-stripped enough to remove it? What about the impossible immovable-ness of the bolt? I know for a fact that with the amount of force I was applying, the bolt DEFINITELY should have turned, and yet it didnt budge at all. Even if I can fix the head of the bolt so a socket or wrench can grip it, how can I get it to turn when it seems to be a literal immovable object?
I tried plenty of WD-40, I tried with the bike nice and warmed up, and I tried with it completely cooled down. No matter what I did, this bolt just defied the laws of physics and refused to budge AT ALL.
So anyway, about 15 minutes ago, I was giving another shot at getting the damn bolt off, and all of a sudden, the socket wrench starts to turn, but the bolt doesnt turn at all. When I look at it, it literally looks like its almost completely circular. the metal was so insanely stripped. It looked like the metal was peeled like an apple. There is no way in normal metal should just scrape off so insanely easy like that.
So now, Im sitting here with a scooter that I cant change the oil on because the oil drain bolt is possessed by satan and likes to completely ignore the laws of physics. Its stripped to all and back, to the point where no wrench, socket, pliers, or anything else will get a good enough grip on it to turn it.
Whats the best course of action here? Is there any way to fix the bolt, to make it un-stripped enough to remove it? What about the impossible immovable-ness of the bolt? I know for a fact that with the amount of force I was applying, the bolt DEFINITELY should have turned, and yet it didnt budge at all. Even if I can fix the head of the bolt so a socket or wrench can grip it, how can I get it to turn when it seems to be a literal immovable object?
..BAD TO THE BONE..
