ghosta

9 hours ago, Reebs said:

Ghosta- if you are interested in the complete story, read the whole chain to see how I got into this predicament and made a bad situation worse for myself.  General opinion was I needed to get it out for fear it was close to or touching the ring gear.  Regardless- the bolt is out and this is no longer an issue.  I was just trying to bring a close to the topic in the forum and thank everyone for the support.

Yes I replied not realising there was a second page to this thread so missed your succesfull efforts so all good. But dont be at all hard on yourself for making a mistake...it shows you are out there having a crack...and weve all done dopey things probably a lot worse than you did but dont want to tell anyone.

Not sure why you want to remove the bolt. You have a drain hole and a filler hole and a measuring jug....check bolt is not essential. Will it vibrate in further? Doubtfull. But just to be safe get a punch and punch the edge of the bolt and stop stuffing about!

Have had at least one Honda quad for the last twenty years, currently have Foreman 400 and TRX250TM .