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Old 03-30-16 | 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Bair
howdy scrod.
I have a rounded off seat post collar bolt (the previous owner must have been a monster). Anyways, has anyone come to your shop with this issue?were you able to fix it, if so how? Both the bike shops by me just shrugged at my question and continued to proceed with their usual **** customer service. Any help would be rad.
thanks in advance
I've had luck gently hammering a slightly larger Torx driver into the the head of the bolt and backing the bolt out very slowly. You usually only get one shot doing that and it will either work or it won't.

There have been a couple of cases where I've cut the bolt as Regulatori suggests. Use a reinforced Dremel cutting wheel (the black one with a wafer pattern underneath).
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