So...to make a long story short..I wasn't paying attention and i was tightening down my cage to my bike and snapped the engine bolt in half...ugh.

so my question, i've done bolt extraction before but I cannot for the life of me drill the bolt out in order to get it ready for the extractor tool.

Im probably going to end up bring it to the shop cause I don't want to mess it up anymore. So my question is...can I ride this bike with the broken engine bolt to the shop??

 

 

if its not a long ride, just go easy on it. as long as its only the one bolt. i would say youd be ok

 

thanks...its just a snapped bolt...seen them once..seen them all...no point in pics.

 

You wanted to know if it was safe to ride without a certain engine bolt in place, yet didn't see fit to show anyone which bolt?


A pic would help.

 

... if u looked at his profile pictures... or weren't new to the forum ude know which bolt hes talkin about... or is you knew what bolt a cage bolts to.... which is the same one that a slider bolts too... which is a bolt that holds the motor to the frame..

 

but for those who need pictures to know what hes talking about

these is a bolt underneath that slider on his cage

 

yeah chetman, way to be a jerk and ask a question without pics j/k

hopefully it doesnt cost too much to get fixed.

 

Ha thanks zmds lol..

I'm bringing it to my mechanic to see what he can do...worst part about all this...I took off the cage since the bolt broke..and I went down...I moved back into childhood house/town...and this literally 6inch deep puthole came out of no where...I was so close to saving it and the handlebars ended of crossing up. I hope my rims isn't bent

 

wow..unlucky ****, dropping the bike after taking the cage/slider off..u should b fine w/o that bolt if your drivin it str8 to the shop, i rode w/o it for a while, during the time i wuz waitin for my new frame sliders, engine didn't drop or anything.