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Stripped CV Bolt, New Method for removal |
turnaround89 |
Dec 30 2008, 12:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 671 Joined: 17-May 08 From: Rockford, Illinois Member No.: 9,067 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Last night i got 7 of 8 cv bolts removed and one of them was stripped, so i tried all the methods you guys mentioned, vise grips, weld a bolt on the end. Nothing worked.
I now have an easier method to getting them out, you will have to sacrifice that stripped bolt, but oh well, because you throw it out anyway since its stripped. What i did was pull the wheel off(better access if you have flares on the car) and took a dremel to the cv bolt. Ground a two flats on the bolt so i could get a wrench on it. Took 20 minutes to grind the bolt flat on two opposing sides. I ground the thing down to about an 11mm wrench size. Wasn't perfect but worked ridiculously well. After I got the bolt loosened up, i used vise-grips to keep loosening the bolt. Hope this helps someone!! |
Joe Ricard |
Dec 30 2008, 01:04 PM
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CUMONIWANNARACEU Group: Members Posts: 6,811 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Gautier, MS Member No.: 92 |
Dremel is the "god send" to getting out of bad spots.
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Joe Owensby |
Dec 31 2008, 08:07 PM
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JoeO Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 7-January 06 From: Spartanburg, SC Member No.: 5,385 Region Association: South East States |
I have done that also. I tried using large vice grips on the bolts, but the vise grips wouldn't grab the hardened bolt heads. Using a dremmel to grind off some small flats allowed the vice grips to grab the bolt head for removal. I didn't grind down far enough to allow use of a wrench, but it worked OK for me.
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