Because the engine had not been started for quite a few years, it was hard to get some engine mounting bolts to turn. The front ones i was able to turn after lots of WD40 and RUST PENETRATING GEL. However, the lower rear mounting bolt on the engine, after much frustration, i had to use a hack saw metal blade, between my two fingers, under the frame of the bike......and took me 1 hour of paintaking strokes to cut throught it!
However, i was only able to remove one end of the bolt, the other end was completely rusted in the shaft of the DAMPER, which is a metal shaft also. The pics show the actual bolt head and damper that was affected.
After much WD40 and RUST PENETRATING GEL, i decided the solution was to grind the head down completely with a electric grinder........IT WORKED!




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