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Irwin Bolt Grip Sockets

THERE’S THAT DREADFUL moment when working on your motorcycle, especially a Japanese one from the 1970s, when you realise that 10-minute job is going to take days to sort out. You’re undoing a stubborn bolt, or a drain or filter plug and your heart sinks as there’s the faintest of clicks and you feel the spanner go loose. Yes, you’ve rounded off another bolt head, usually one made from that curious mixture of cheese spread and aluminium that was used in the factory.

Getting it out now is going to be a challenge. Vice grips will be considered, as will punches, hammering an undersized socket on, or trying to cut a slot for a screwdriver. Few of these will succeed, and as the bolt is