[How To] Removing seized fasteners - YouTube video from ABOM

[MaxPete]

Dear all:

I subscribe to quite a number of YouTube channels and I just watched a great video by Adam Booth of Booth Machine Shop in Florida. Mr. Booth received a Suzuki DR650 cylinder head from one of his viewers. The head had several seized fasteners including one that was broken off and another that was simply stuck solid.

He showed the whole process of removing each of them - very clearly explained.

The only thing I would add is the importance of putting a counterclockwise torque on the impact driver before striking the end of it. In my experience, that will nearly always break loose a stuck screw.

It works particularly well on (usually chowdered) XS650 clutch basked screws.

The link is below:

Cheers,

Pete

 

[seagrass]

Good video, thanks for sharing.

Seagrass

 

[ST1100Y]

... add some heat ...
My heat-gun (+ leather gloves though...) is of great help in such cases ...
Sometimes the heat caused by the drilling is sufficient to loosen the snapped stud ...
And to prevent future contact corrosion/seizure:



Just a small smear...

 

[DirtFlier]

Hondas typically use studs with cap nuts on the outside and to me, it's a better method although studs have been known to break off on rare occasions.