I'm replacing the fork seals in my '93 ST1100. The left leg was straightforward and was easily done. However, the right leg is being a PITA. I put my allen wrench into the bolt's hex head and gave it a quick snap, trying to break it loose. Instead of breaking loose, the wrench came a bit out and rounded out the hex head. It was like I had used an SAE allen wrench on a metric bolt, but no, I was using a 6mm allen wrench. The bolt did not budge apparently due to being overtightened previously or else there was some thread lock on it, I don't know which.
Can I maybe use an impact wrench here? I canget my allen wrench into the hex bolt and then tap it with a hammer to re-seat it into the bolt as I didn't attempt to do any more damage once I had the rounded out hex head.
Or do I need to take apart the top of the spring to remove it and then jam a broom stick into the unit while trying to remove the bolt?
Thanks for all replies.
Larry
Can I maybe use an impact wrench here? I canget my allen wrench into the hex bolt and then tap it with a hammer to re-seat it into the bolt as I didn't attempt to do any more damage once I had the rounded out hex head.
Or do I need to take apart the top of the spring to remove it and then jam a broom stick into the unit while trying to remove the bolt?
Thanks for all replies.
Larry