Rear hugger bolts M695

[OrangeDragon]

Thanks in advance for any help.

I am experiencing something very weird. I can't remove my rear hugger bolts. I keep lossening but they won't rise out of position.   It is happening on the two at the rear of the swing arm and the front right one.

I have removed the hugger before with no problem but today I am completely dumbfounded on what is going on?  Is there a threaded sleeve in the swing arm that is now just spinning?

Has any one experienced this before?  Any advice, help, solution?

[BK_856er]

The small bolts that go into the swingarm use what are called rivnuts.  If the bolt gets overtightened or seizes up a bit due to corrosion/time/etc. the rivnut can spin and then you're kinda hosed.  Not sure there is a simple solution.  You may need to grind off the bolt head to get your hugger off.  Then you need to somehow contend with the spinning rivnuts.  I had this problem with one of the bolts to the upper chain rubbing block.

BK

[OrangeDragon]

Thanks for the explanation.  Hopefully I can figure something out.  Taking off the hugger makes for easy access for maintenance and cleaning.