Hello all!
I’m a new rider and owner of a Suzuki 2013 Boulevard. When I purchased the bike last September, I ordered the bike online manual. This site and that manual have been very helpful. I wanted to attempt changing oil and spark plug. How hard could it be? I do both with my lawnmower.

Took the seat off, side covers. No problems. Was intimidated by taking off the fuel tank. Put covers and seat back on and called a mechanic. Asked him to change oil and plug and check out overall state of the bike.

Got the bike back, no problems. Until I tried removing the rear seat bolt. It wouldn’t budge. Used 5/32 last time to remove. Long story longer - I stripped it. Bought Speed Out extractor. Started with the smallest burnisher  to drill. Flipped it and tried to extract. Ugggh not working. Moved up to #2.

Feel like an idiot, can’t get the bolt out. Don’t know if I haven’t drilled down enough, or if I’ve gone too far.

Any suggestions?

You can also drill the head of the bolt off (using a big circle rotation of the drill), remove the seat, and then remove the shank from the frame fastener with vice grips or just a plyers.

Kelly K wrote on 02/21/21 at 11:49:13:


Dont feel as an idiot, its millimeters on this bike for every nut.. even Allen bolts!
And hapely, I live in Sweden and is a millimeter guy, and I still  have very much problems removing my sadle and side covers.

To that I own a MTD US made lawnmover, so I altso have some few inch tools.

In any case Allen bolts are great, till they have broken heads.
Then one have to use bruth force, grind a bit and hamer it down the head, use a wrench of some sort, to get it lose, trow bout away and replace the bolt.

Armen wrote on 02/22/21 at 13:54:07:


I am 65 years old and I have never seen a left hand drill for sale in any hardware store......I guess you have to shop in better places than I do!

If the left hand drill is so helpful - why do they even make right hand drills?

Do they have left handed hammers at that store too? Been looking for one for years for my dad who is left handed.

A quick look on Ebay turned up hundreds of listings for left handed drill bits.
Unless it's really stuck, you'd prob whip that off like prom dress.

"One of the biggest reasons for using it is if the broken bolt is in a blind hole, using a right hand bit can bind on the thread barrel and drive it tighter into the hole making it harder to remove. Or worse yet breaking the bit and now you not only have a stuck bolt barrel but a harden broken bit stuck into it."

 This.

 I've had left hand bits for years and used them for this very thing.  They are very useful on old very-seized tractor equipment. 

I do have one of these for my battery drill - it works really well to get wood screws out that have stripped heads.

https://www.inspiredhousehold.com/products/screw-extractor4-pcs-5pcs-6pcs?var...