Originally Posted by
cavernmech
I have had good luck with pouring a pot of boiling water over the affected part. That being said if the slots on the female side of the bolt are stripped you may have to drill them out. Use a bit the same diameter as the shaft of the male bolt and drill the head off. You will obviously need some new bolts to replace the drilled ones.
I didn't think of the hot water till this morning, I wish I had last night! I figure if I want to avoid trying to drill them out I could always just dremel new slots into the female side of the bolt and go about it that way... I figured I'd maybe drill it out using sequentially larger bits to avoid accidentally going too large but I guess I could just measure my bits against a fresh bolt to get the right size... Thanks for the tips!
Yeah, I've got a few packs of short chainring bolts - with all the conversions I'd been working on for friends I figure having a few sets kickin around would make sense.
