Opinions wanted

[flynrider]

I saw on another forum where Moto began a post with a favorable comment about his intelligence and general expertise. It was hilarious. Everybody assumed he was being sarcastic, but they couldn't quite grasp the sarcastic point. They didn't realize that someone would seriously post like that .

[MotoF150]

you use a very small cutting tip and you only heat up the bolt, not the head! I have done it many times before, and it will be funny when he takes the head off and takes it to a machine shop they will do the same thing, cut it out with a cutting torch! Also I can cut steel with a torch it looks like it was cut with a saw, im a wizard with a cutting torch, also im the only person in 4 counties that understands can buss electricial systems on ur bike, its funny when a trainned certified motorcycle mechanic probes a wire on a bike and only reads 5 volts and he says it has a bad battery or a short ha ha ha ha ha ha !!! You guys would be lucky to have a friend like me to fix ur bike right!

[LikaComet]

[quote="MotoF150"] you use a very small cutting tip and you only heat up the bolt, not the head!

I'm pretty good with an oxy/acetylene torch myself although for general use a "gas-axe" is little crude compared to a plasma-cutter...which you wouldn't use on a job like this.

Dain't no way that a cutting-torch should be used to focus heat on a pin point like this. If you want to heat to anneal the stud you'd use the correct heating tip not a cutting torch. You might try using a TIG stinger, that would be more precise.

That's what I might try; to heat the broken thread-extracter/stud mess to anneal the steel (soften it) so that you might be able to drill it out. It would be a tricky job.

I don't question your skill Moto but you should reconsider what tool you'd use...in my humble opinion.

[pinger05]

I know this sounds funny but could you put in the bigger nut on that stud, then put bigger looking nuts (ie. thicker) on the other studs? it wont be stock but at least it would look even.

Just a thought.

[Koss]

you use a very small cutting tip and you only heat up the bolt, not the head!

Oh wow, that must be one of those new heat insulated bolts! Plus I still don't see how a cutting torch would be precise enough for this kind of job.

I have done it many times before, and it will be funny when he takes the head off and takes it to a machine shop they will do the same thing, cut it out with a cutting torch! Also I can cut steel with a torch it looks like it was cut with a saw, im a wizard with a cutting torch, also im the only person in 4 counties that understands can buss electricial systems on ur bike, its funny when a trainned certified motorcycle mechanic probes a wire on a bike and only reads 5 volts and he says it has a bad battery or a short

Wow, stupidity must run unchecked where you live. And why are you throwing a probe on the wire and not on the connector, or back probing the connector...

ha ha ha ha ha ha !!!

Yea, you make me laugh too

You guys would be lucky to have a friend like me to fix ur bike right!

If I wanted to try and cheat a dealership by pulling the lemon law card... I'd have to go to where you were though since they wouldn't figure out what was going on apparently.

[logitech104]

This is off topic and starting to turn into a flame war.
Please stop fighting. We're all too old for this.