Stuck allen brake nut in carbon fork

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tgotb

Insert M6 bolt from the front. Now turn the whole thing over, placing on a hard surface (eg workbench) so that the M6 bolt is resting on the workbench.

Now tap in a Torx wrench bit (gently). Because you have the M6 bolt on the other side, this won't drive the bolt any further into the fork.

Once the Torx bit is in place, unscrew gently whilst pushing the fork gently downwards, so that your M6 bolt helps push the nut out.

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at313 in reply to @tgotb

This ^^ is what I'm going to try, thanks.

failing that might get a bit more involved with the hammer, to be honest it was a bit of a token effort first time round, just feels a bit dodgy whacking carbon stuff.

Out of interest how does coke measure up against plus gas? (what I used before)

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BensBikeBits in reply to @at313

Well we use Coke for siezed in glow plugs on Diesel engines because wd40 doesn't work. It's to do with the chemicals in Coke. Pretty bad really considering we all drink it.
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BensBikeBits in reply to @at313

You do need to leave the coke in there for about half hour or so.

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