ski's wont come off !!! wtf!!

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• Dec 5, 2011

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Trying to get the skis changed out and I cant get the damn bolt removed, took the nut off , can spin the bolt by hand but cant get the bolt to slide out. WTF ? already tried banging on it with a hammer. Am I missing something here ?

 

the fix-it guy

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• Dec 5, 2011

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Time for the BFH, the pivot bushing is probably welded/rusted to the bolt. You might need the flaming blue wrench.

 

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Take the weight off of the front end. Thread the nut on so you have at least 4 to 6 full turns on the nut.

Now give it a good sharp hit with a hammer. You won't mess up the threads doing it this way.

If that doesn't work you may need to get creative.......

 

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Is there any way you could have bent it just enough that it hangs up instead of sliding out? I did that on a trailing arm bolt once. Only way to get it out was BFH it flush with the hole, then get the ratchet on it and basically make it back itself out by the threads. PIA, but it beat replacing all the bracing pieces.

 

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I wouldnt think the bolts are bent, both sides are like this. Im gonna go take a sledge hammer to it !

 

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Put it on the lift.

Make sure you take the nut off.

Shove a bunch of grease in the zerk.
That's good, now a little more for good measure.

Shoot a lot of wd/40 in both ends of the bolt.

Apply rubber mallet to the appropriate end of the bolt.

Put the space-heater on it.

Let sit during dinner.

Call me in the morning.

 

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• Dec 5, 2011

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If the spacer has frozen to the bolt then you are probably out of luck... if the BFH doesn't move it then you'll have to cut the bolt.

I use a sawzall with a fine blade and run the blade down past the ski between the ski and the spindle, cutting the bolt. Repeat on other side of ski, ski falls off. Buy new bolt and spacer. When reassembling coat liberally with anti-seaze.

sled_guy

 

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• Dec 5, 2011

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got one side to come off, other side, no dice. might just hack the bolt. tired of banging ! Thanks for the help/info

 

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This happened on my '05 M7... We ended up having to cut the bolt out and replace it.

 

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I had this problem on my older sleds as well.

When the sleds are new, it would be smart to disassemble and get some grease on those bolts.

 

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• Dec 7, 2011

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First thing I do when I buy a sled is put a grease nipple on both the fronts. Never had a problem with one sticking or wearing out.
<O</O
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• Dec 8, 2011

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sled_guy said:

If the spacer has frozen to the bolt then you are probably out of luck... if the BFH doesn't move it then you'll have to cut the bolt.

I use a sawzall with a fine blade and run the blade down past the ski between the ski and the spindle, cutting the bolt. Repeat on other side of ski, ski falls off. Buy new bolt and spacer. When reassembling coat liberally with anti-seaze.

sled_guy

Click to expand...

x2.. And you get to play with one of your tools.

 

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• Dec 9, 2011

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I usually hit it with my bigger purse... lol

Just kidding of course, i hate when those stupid things do that pb blaster does wonders on these sort of things.

 

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• Dec 10, 2011

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had the same thing happen. ended up cutting the bolt with a sawzall. like said before it was welded/rusted to the bushing. cut them and get new bolts

 

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• Dec 10, 2011

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On my Poo edge the bolt was extremely rusted to the bushings, and the bushing was extremely rusted to the spindle. Ended up cutting the bolt to save the old ski then buying a new spindle/bushing/bolt.

I tried heat, sledge hammer, PB blaster after cutting the bolt and removing the spindle from the sled. None of that worked, so it went in the trash. Maybe if I still had access to a big *** press I could have saved the spindle, but oh well.

Same deal on my old Poo wedge too. Now I grease everything each summer.