Got a good part of the afternoon in the shed today.
Decided to take my new 18v angle grinder for a spin and sort out the farm job repair that was done to the right hand footpeg mount.
It looked as if the bolt had snapped off and a stud was welded in place rather than a proper extract and repair being done.
Out came the grinder and I took the bolt and chicken splatter weld off. I had considered turning the bolt down and using a die to run a new thread over it but that was just lazy so I decided to do it right.
Is that a tap I see in there? Sure looks like a tap.
Yep that's a tap. Who in their right mind would have snapped a tap off and said "Stuff it I'll just weld a bolt over it.
4 broken drill bits later and it was out.
Looks like they may have tried to drill each side of the tap to get it free.
I ran my 10mm tap through to clean everything up but I will take the frame in to work and have the hole made round again to get a proper amount of thread in there.
A test fit shows that the footpeg mount now sits flush and doesn't wobble. Much happier with that.
Once I have the frame sorted I will take everything out to the powder coater and have a nice coat of gloss black put on. Then the rebuild can begin.