Need help getting a bolt/nut out

[BamaDrifter64]

I'm getting ready to pull the rear wheel to put a car tire on my I/S and having a little problem.  I've taken the saddle bags off and got all the bolts out out the saddlebag brackets except for one.  On the last mounting point on both sides (where the nut cage is on the inner fender), it appears they used a stud with a nut on the outside.  On one side, after turning both nut and stud a few times, finally the nut broke loose and I got it off.  However, on the other side, I've turned and turned and turned; the nut won't break loose and the stud is not backing out.  Looks like they did this when they put the hitch on.  Anybody have any advice on how to get either the nut broken loose or get the stud to start backing out?  It's the only one left that's holding both the saddlebag brackets and the hitch to the bike.  TIA

Dave

[Black Dog]

If I'm understanding your question/problem correctly, and the offending nut is on the 'outside' (not under the fender), you may be able to use a 'Nut Splitter'.  I found a listing at Northern Tool -

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_34573_34573

If you are not familiar with it, you put it over the nut, and tighten the shaft to 'split' the nut off of the bolt.  Sometimes they work slicker than snot, and other times, it takes a while to cut through the nut...

Good luck!

Black Dog

[BamaDrifter64]

Thanks, I'll go by HarborFreight tomorrow and pick one up!   

(why do I wince when I think of the word "nut splitter"???)   

Dave

[X Ring]

Dave, I have put studs in the places you talk about.  You have to put a nut on the inside of the fender to hold the stud in.  Otherwise there is nothing to for the stud to screw into.  If you reach up inside the fender, I'm sure you'll find a nut there.  You'll need to take an open end wrench to hold the nut so you can remove the outer nut.

Marty

[John Schmidt]

If you're installing a CT, you'll want to cut the nut cage off anyway. Then just get a couple high grade SS bolts and run them from the inside out, same as the stud. That's the same approach that Chet of Rattlebars used in his "Quick Drop" kit for the saddlebag mounts.

[Ricky-D]

If you're installing a CT, you'll want to cut the nut cage off anyway. Then just get a couple high grade SS bolts and run them from the inside out, same as the stud. That's the same approach that Chet of Rattlebars used in his "Quick Drop" kit for the saddlebag mounts.

Yup, there ya go!  Be sure to use an anti-seize when reassembling to avoid the same problem in the future. Especially when using stainless. That stuff galls very easily.

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[fudgie]

If you're installing a CT, you'll want to cut the nut cage off anyway. Then just get a couple high grade SS bolts and run them from the inside out, same as the stud. That's the same approach that Chet of Rattlebars used in his "Quick Drop" kit for the saddlebag mounts.

Don't one of them bolts screw into the fender? I thought about running bolts from the inside but I thought I remember seeing threads in the fender.

[sugerbear]

yep, bag drop kit is the way to go. did the nut cage mod used a carriage bolt from the inside with spacer nuts etc.
great for changing the rear tire and for cleaning.

[Grumpy]

yep, bag drop kit is the way to go. did the nut cage mod used a carriage bolt from the inside with spacer nuts etc.
great for changing the rear tire and for cleaning.

Not trying to hijack the thread, just wondering what part of Wentzville you are located in. I grew up there, last house I had there was 406 Walnut street.
Left there in 1971 and moved to Florida. Still visit there every couple of years.