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Have a couple stripped door hinge bolts!
I went to remove the driver's side door from my '72 this evening. Four of the bolts came loose with a 6mm hex socket, however someone must have tried the same thing once upon a time with an SAE hex socket because the interior of the socket head is stripped out. I thought no big deal I'll just drive a torx socket in and take the bolts out, but a T-40 is too small, and a T-45 is too large. Does anybody know if they make a size between a T-40 and T-45 or am I going to have to drill these out? Also, is there a specialized tool to remove these bolts or is a 6mm hex socket the best way to do this? Thanks!
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10-07-2004, 03:45 PM
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Drill them!!!!
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10-07-2004, 03:48 PM
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This has happened to me a number of times. All thanks to PO s. I've found the easiest thing to do is to grind any paint off the top and weld on a bolt. The damaged fastener is junk anyway.
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