headgasket on hold: stripped 5mm hex bolt, how to get out?
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headgasket on hold: stripped 5mm hex bolt, how to get out?
Yeah, any help would be appreciated.
One of the damn 5mm hex bolts that holds on the intake manifold has stripped, so I'm sort of stuck in the teardown process until I can get this thing out. I already tried using a torx bit to see if that would get grip (no), and the positioning of the bolt won't let me hack a slit in it with a grinder to use a screw driver to get it out.
One of the damn 5mm hex bolts that holds on the intake manifold has stripped, so I'm sort of stuck in the teardown process until I can get this thing out. I already tried using a torx bit to see if that would get grip (no), and the positioning of the bolt won't let me hack a slit in it with a grinder to use a screw driver to get it out.
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Originally Posted by sm
+1 on this idea.
Drill the head off. THAT in itself, is enough challenge, if ya haven't done this sort of thing before. Good luck!!
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Cool, thanks for the opinions everyone. I ended up getting a set of these http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...cemldffidfmm.0 , so I'll see if they work tomorrow. I was too pissed off about sears not having all the sockets I wanted to buy (5mm, 6mm allen head socket) and didn't get back to working on it again tonight.
That kit I got drills into the bolt/screw and then has some angled threads to bite into the drilled hole to hopefully get it out.
That kit I got drills into the bolt/screw and then has some angled threads to bite into the drilled hole to hopefully get it out.
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Originally Posted by MyBlackCar
Or use left handed drill bits.
As for the other socket ones, do those work on round bolts?
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Originally Posted by billthe3
...As for the other socket ones, do those work on round bolts?