Water Bridge Bolt Wont Budge

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03-12-2010, 01:36 PM

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BTDT with a suspension bolt ... and a 1/4" of the punch broke off and fused to the carbide chunk.

I used a diamond tipped Dremel bit and cutting oil over a three day period to get it all out.

What can I say?

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03-12-2010, 10:35 PM

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Andrew, any reason not to replace the bolts with Stainless while I have them out?

I don't think that will help, but I really don't know how Stainless steel and aluminum react. Pleanty of antisieze will help. I think the copper stuff works better, but I never could find it until recently.

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03-13-2010, 09:22 AM

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I can say enough about how great you all are. I was not familiar with a lot of these techniques / tools but am looking forward to giving them a shot when I next have a chance to work on the car.

Dave

Yeah, it kind of does makes you want to take things apart just for fun! Well at least for me it does.

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03-13-2010, 02:32 PM

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Andrew, any reason not to replace the bolts with Stainless while I have them out?

Stainless bolts are not as strong as the usual alloy used for allen-head bolts. Generally, for stainless hardware you will want to use a nickel-based anti-seize.

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