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Old 09-16-19, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by SurferRosa
Someone who should be tarred and feathered used a plastic washer behind the crank bolts of the Rossin I picked up yesterday. The nds bolt had deformed the washer, preventing a 14mm socket from securing around the bolt head. Arrg! I finally succumbed to a tiny drill bit to remove enough plastic from around the bolt to remove it. I'm almost there ... I hope ...



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The drive side washer wasn't deformed enough to prevent a socket from removing the bolt:



I guess I should consider myself lucky these weren't 15mm bolts.
Put a torch on the socket and heat it up, then just push it onto the plastic.
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