Hi, me again.. Sorry, but this is my first rebuild I've attempted, it's going well but, getting the odd headache, I think it's better to ask before you start breaking things ... I cannot move a small hexagon headed bolt which is down a hole in the swingarm as per pics... I'm trying to get the shock out but, I've done the usual,,, WD40 , hit around area with a rubber mallet and swore a bit too.. The rubber bung was in place covering the hole so it can't be that rusty... The heads good at mo but I'm putting so much leverage on it it's untrue... Any suggestions pls...
Know what your saying mate but worried about the hexagon Allen capped bolt wouldn't take much to mess the head up on it and it's down a 4 inch black hole...
Do you know how much torque you've tried to turn it with? Not sure what an impact gun is, but I'd be tempted to use and impact drive... Probably go with wd40 and a breaker bar first though...
The bolts Ducati use are very soft. An impact gun might do it but you want a close fitting bit that is very tough. It should be OK though providing you press hard and it's a tight fit, if the bit strays then it will start to round off. You will need a decent high torque gun and not a cheap Toolzone type of thing.
I would use heat, this will be an 8.8 steel socket cap bolt passing through an alloy swingarm, no doubt corrosion has taken place over the years and it needs some encouragement to break the hold. Applying heat via a small blowtorch to the affected thread area should do the trick.
The swinging arm is alloy but the bushes are steel and they corrode, that is always the problem and the fact that Ducati did not seem to grease the pivot bolt on assembly from new. If you really do have to cut it then an air saw would be the easiest and most accurate way to do it, the stroke is also short so you will find it easier to place the saw as it's so much shorter than trying to saw it with a hand hack saw.
