Lei ke si Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 anyone know to take out the small bolt at the hope mono levers..my bolt rounder i can not bleed my brake now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 anyone know to take out the small bolt at the hope mono levers..my bolt rounder i can not bleed my brake nowYeah mine did that too. I've since replaced them with cap head scews which take a 2.5mm instead of 2mm allen key to reduce the chance of rounding. To get your current ones out the best I can suggest is either using pliers or something to get a grip on the head, use a very new, non rounded allen key and see what you can do or try using a similar sized imperial allen key which takes up the slack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale-Hill Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Steady hand hacksaw cut a little slat for a screwdriver and replace the bolts after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINDUS Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 anyone know to take out the small bolt at the hope mono levers..my bolt rounder i can not bleed my brake nowDo you mean the two little bolts on top of the reservoir??If so i dont think they are allen key bolts they use the star looking key. not sure on the name. if you get a hammer and tap the star key in the bolt, it will sink into the bolt enough to undo it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Torx bits... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 If so i dont think they are allen key bolts they use the star looking key. not sure on the name. if you get a hammer and tap the star key in the bolt, it will sink into the bolt enough to undo itDepends what brake it is... Most Hope brakes use allen screws I think but the Try-All brake seems to use Torx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Another vote for the hacksaw trick, I had to do that to get off some rusty rotor bolts.Fairly time consuming but works a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Another vote for the hacksaw trick, I had to do that to get off some rusty rotor bolts.Fairly time consuming but works a treat.I guess you could use a dremel with a cutting wheel if you had one/were lazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lei ke si Posted November 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 how to use hacksaw to cut the bolt very small Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 how to use hacksaw to cut the bolt very smallWith care! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lei ke si Posted November 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 if i saw the top part the below oso can not Take out the cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.