When it rains it pours

The other day I was in the process of removing my shock from the bike. The front bolt runs from left to right, with the nut on the right side. The bolt sits in an'indent' so that you can remove the nut without having to have a wrench on the bolt head.

I proceed to remove the bolt but after about a minute of turning it still hasn't come off. I mark the nut and bolt, and verify the are both turning as I turn the wrench ..... the head of the bolt is not turning. At that point I give up and work on the numerous other things that seem to go wrong at the same time.

So what do you think ... broken bolt or stripped nut?

Whatever it is, it's going to be a bear to get that bolt out. The bolt head is somewhat ressessed and the nut in buried deep inside the bike. Looks like the pipes are going to have to come off. Hoopefully the bolt is broken (but I doubt it) as that would make things a lot easier.

Doc