I drilled from the other end too with no help? just no photo of it! It was so tight my drill wouldn’t have had the initial power needed to unwind it. I had a 40cm lever on that extractor and I was jumping on it with my full 200lbs.
Epoxy failed, drilling failed. Or well, it helped when I drilled deep enough for the 10mm bolt extractor to have enough grip. Tried with a smaller extractor first but almost went through the bolt and it didn’t come off.
All in all reason was lots of loctite under the bolt lip and bolt shaft.
I think this is a hollow bolt, not sure if there’s any material to drill to inside the threaded part ?
I stuck an allen key with epoxy into the bolt head and will try if it works in a few hours...
So, bought a new shock and tried to uninstall my DPX2. Haven’t taken it off since I bought the bike and it’s apparently pretty stuck.
I tried first with the correct size hex but eventually with enough force it just spinned around and rounded the bolt head. Then I hammered a Torx in there and...