Rear Shock Bolt Head Snapped

[Ulvetanna_imp]

Overtightened the top bolt for the left rear shock, after noticing it was loose, ad the head snapped off, leaving the bolt in the hole. What a puny little thing it is, that it cannot handle my manly ratchet twisting!

Anyway, please jump in with suggestions on the right tool/ tap/ beer to extract the stud before I begin experimenting with a chainsaw.

Yeah, I recall when replacing the shocks that these bolts are fairly small. They just hold the shock in place but don't support the bike.

Now that I've read your post, I am going to R&R these and the lower bolts, torque to spec with blue Loctite. Don't want one of these backing out.

Thanks for sharing this info, good to know.