dlr944

Well, I am in the middle of replacing the front seals and unfortantely the prior #*&% mechanic did not replace the camshaft cheesehead bolt. The bolt is now stripped and my (21mm)snap-on cheesehead driver just slips inside the bolt.

Please advise.

Thanks

Tremelune

Brutal, guy. If I ever have to do my CVJ's again, I'll be in the same boat.

Hopefully others have better ideas, but you could always cut the bolthead straight down with a sawsall or a die cutter and put in a huge flathead screwdriver or a strong knife or something.

Devia

WAIT! Craftsman through Sears sells a set of special tools to work on stripped bolts, including Cheesehead, if I'm not mistaken!

Check them out first!

- Julie

944S2NUT

My father is in the same boat aswell. Thank god we have a pro mechanic working on the solution. RIGHT HENRY!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

Toolmaster

Hey all -

I'm assuming that you mean the front camshaft cheesehead bolt.

Get thyself a drill, and drill off the bolt head. The shaft itself should (they usually do that is) come out easily with a pair of vicegrips once the head is off.

Many people, myself included, don't even try to break this one loose - we just drill the head off. And then of course replace the bolt.

HTH!

dlr944

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Toolmaster:
<strong>Many people, myself included, don't even try to break this one loose - we just drill the head off. And then of course replace the bolt.
HTH!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">What type and size drill bit do you recommend? I started to drill the head off the bolt but found that it was very easy to nic the inside of the cam sprocket. Any pointers? Drill size and type?

Alpine951

start with a small one like 1/4" and drill down to the head thickness and then switch to 3/8". I got an education in drilling metal 5 weeks ago when i had to do this. Go slow and let the drill work. Don't force it with alot of pressure and high speed or you will ruin the drill in 2 minutes like I did. Be prepared to waste $65 in drill bits. I broke off the collar that holds the sprocket by trying to stick a screwdriver in between the remain piece of chad on the bolt head. The collar cost me $25 too.

dlr944

Anyone tried using the "Bolt-Out" product from Sears on stripped bolts?

Devia

That's what I'm talking about, dude! Not yet, but all we have in the garage here are Craftsman tools.

- Julie

hy944

The bolt outs or other similar extractors don't work here because of the bolt head and collar clearance. Drill out the bolt head works the best and is fairly quick. Center with a 1/8" drill bit on the bolt head, drill down to bolt head thickness (3/16-1/4?)measure the replacement bolt.
Use a 3/8 or letter drill X and do the same, if you went centered, the hole will be perfectly centered. I find the letter drill X is closer to the diameter of the 10 mm bolt. Lastly use a 7/16" bit and do the same, as you near the shank the head will break off. The key is make sure your centered.