[George Young]

Matt, spray rubber area with wd40, find a socket that just fits inside the tubing  whack the socket hard until the rubber breaks free. Take a clothes hanger and bend a v hook I it  about 1/2″ long. Bend it until it just fits through the rubber hole. Clamp a vice grip to the other end and pull the rubber out. Tip the frame up and the bolt will slide out.

George Y

[tony zambos]

Matt,
I’m assuming that you have tried and the rubber insert does not move.
If it doesn’t, try finding a toggle bolt that will fit thru hole left by the bolt. Possibility a 1/8″ and a bolt long enough to get the toggle past the rubber insert. Put a fender washer on the bolt, push the toggle all the way past rubber, then tighten the bolt to pull the rubber. A little WD40 to start with, probably would help.

[Walt Gifford]

Put you air compressor nozzle in the hole and pressurize the frame.

[Matt Clark]

Ended up spraying it with WD40 and using a long metal rod and hammer to beat it into the frame as the bolt wasn’t budging from the middle.

[Walt Gifford]

You could drill into it and weaken it with a long 1/4″ drill bit.

Gif

[Matt Clark]

I like that idea, I might give it a shot when I get back after the holidays.

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