Originally Posted by
Kontact
There are many pictures online of the 600ex self extracting bolts, and this is not it. Someone replaced those with a normal 14mm bolt and put an aftermarket cap on that was probably 5mm, but is now rounded out.
These caps are often made of soft cast aluminum or even chromed zinc, so they aren't built for much torque and get rounded out easily.
I didn't doubt you at all. There wasn't any need for you to explain it to me.
But I guess it does start as a jumping point for you to give further info to all. I only characterized it as "cast doubt" because I didn't have any proof at the moment, nor did I want to look for proof.