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Originally Posted by Triple Jim
I take it that Vise-Grips won't fit in that space. Or will they?
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The bolt is in the little triangle shaped opening in the frame directly under the bike but it is very close to the frame on the shifter side of bike. I could only get the tips of the vice grips onto the bolt if I wanted to be able to turn the bolt with them holding onto it. I tried Heat, chisel, vice grips and even a really tiny monkey/pipe wrench which has saved me before. Everything just wipes the steel shiney like trying to apply torque to peanut butter! The bikes owner had already rounded off the bolt (possibly with too large a socket) before I ever saw the bike and all I could do at the time was try the standard things to get a bolt unstuck--even easy outs and drilling. Easy out broke in the drill hole and now it gets fun!