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Are you are using a hand single impact driver? this is best.

Tighten the screw first to break the seal.
Try heating the screw with a soldering iron.
Use a drill & Eezyout extractor or drill/grind the head off.
Good luck.

Thanks for the info everybody, I had stripped the gearbox to replace the 14mm bush & on re assembly I noticed that the final drive ball bearings did not move straight away when I spun the mainshaft, this made me think all was not as it should be. I considered Loctite but then how could I ensure the ...

Pardon my c..p explanation, what I meant to say was what is to prevent the bearing becoming stationary and the shaft using the bearing inner as a bush.

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Hi Chase- No I have not got that far yet, I measured the axial clearance between a bearing and the shoulder of the shaft, .017" measured at both ends is well inside the standard .0039" & .0295" given in the Honda workshop manual so I am satisfied with that, my question is can the bearings rotate on ...

Hi all - firstly I am not a mechanic so please bear with me. Could anyone tell me why the manual specifies an end float value for the gearbox main shaft, this implies that one or both bearings are not a press fit on the shaft, is this correct as the inner bearing race is free to rotate? I find this ...

My RH cover removal method is :- 1-Remove the brake pedal/R footpeg & move to one side 2-Remove RH silencer 3-Remove the alternator cover 4-Remove drive chain top cover (2 screws) 5-Having removed the 6 cover screws it is not necessary to remove anything else at this stage, hold the kick lever & mov...

Thanks again G, I will post an update in due course.
Richard.