Rounded off thru axle.

[bbvelo]

The thru axle on my mtb is completely rounded off. Ive tried using torx bits and flat head screw drivers to remove it but nothings working. Any ideas on how i can get it out?

 

[JhnBssll]

I'd get a bolt extractor on it, should work with no problems. You will of course need to replace the axle.

 

[fossyant]

I assume it's a stealth one. Try a Torx bit.

 

[Ajax Bay]

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/trouble-removing-stripped-allen-bolt.247899/#post-5595174

 

[bbvelo]

I assume it's a stealth one. Try a Torx bit.

Already tried it and unfortunately it's too far rounded off for that

 

[fossyant]

Already tried it and unfortunately it's too far rounded off for that

Rock Shox ? - Not too happy with the normal Maxxel Lites with QR lever - so easy to break them. I soon learnt how soft they were.. I'm so careful with the 'two' bikes I have with them now... - it's a flipping MTB !!!!

 

[mythste]

Funnily enough, I was watching a video with a couple of tips on this just last night.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1-hqwaL4-I


Good luck!

 

[Jody]

If all else fails then drill it and buy an easy out.

 

[bbvelo]

Sort of embarrassed, I just dropped it off at my local bike shop. Hopefully they can fix it.

 

[bbvelo]

If all else fails then drill it and buy an easy out.

Would that work? It's a hollow thru axle

 

[Jody]

Would that work? It's a hollow thru axle

There must be something you can get purchase on. If you can get a torx drive in then you must have somewhere to put an extractor.

Failing that if you're feeling brave would be a drift and a large hammer.

 

[fossyant]

Sort of embarrassed, I just dropped it off at my local bike shop. Hopefully they can fix it.

It's possibly safer - you don't want to wreck the thread on the forks/frame.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Sort of embarrassed, I just dropped it off at my local bike shop. Hopefully they can fix it.

Looks like a job for the bike shop. I can tell by the above that this could prove to be one of those problems that just opens up like a flower in spring, growing ever more complicated as it does so. Like my old Schwinn Passage, which I was trying to straighten, until I discovered that the frame had become so whippy that it would never align. Too many years of a heavy rider and heavy load, and I was the third owner I could think of.

 

[keithmac]

Sort of embarrassed, I just dropped it off at my local bike shop. Hopefully they can fix it.

You do right, I've seen plenty of "attempts" by customers who've had a go at removing seized fasteners and it normally takes twice as long to sort out than if they'd just brought it to us first!.

Worste thing you can do is snap a rock hard tool or drill bit in the end, nigh on impossible to get out..

 

[bbvelo]

You do right, I've seen plenty of "attempts" by customers who've had a go at removing seized fasteners and it normally takes twice as long to sort out than if they'd just brought it to us first!.

Worste thing you can do is snap a rock hard tool or drill bit in the end, nigh on impossible to get out..

So is it a complicated job to sort out? Do you know roughly how long it takes to remove the axle (its rounded off badly)? Cheers