|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Washington D.C
Posts: 36
|
Stripped seat rail bolt, who do I go to for help?
Hi All
I have one seat rail bolt in my C2 that has a stripped head and I cannot get the allen wrench into it. It is completely rounded off. Could you please advise who do I need to go to for help?. Maybe someone who can weld a hex bolt to the head of the stripped bolt?. Thanks. Andrew |
||
09-17-2002, 09:43 AM
|
|
|
Friend of Warren
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Lincoln, NE
Posts: 16,500
|
Don't worry you are not the first one to do this. A search of the archives will have several threads. Here are the two most common methods of removal. First get a torx bit that is just a bit larger than the rounded out hole. Tap it in hard with a hammer, this also helps to loosen up the bolt. Try to remove. If that doesn't work use a dremel tool to cut a slot in the head than use a flat tip screwdrive to remove!
__________________
Kurt V No more Porsches, but a revolving number of motorcycles. |
||
|
09-17-2002, 09:52 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 3,580
|
RE: Stripped seat rail bolt, who do I go to for help?
Hi,
You can drill it out and then replace it. I think the bolts are 8.8 hardness so it will be tough but doable. Alternately, you can try cutting a slot in the head with a Dremel or similar tool and try to get enough grip with a screwdriver to ease it out. Good luck!
__________________
993 |
||
|
09-17-2002, 09:54 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 324
|
The Dremel solution is the one that worked for me - I tried cutting a slot but couldn't get the bolt loose with a screwdriver (which I should have assumed, since the previous owner couldn't even get it out with the proper tool). I just took the head right off and used a different set of holes to install the rails.
|
||
|
09-17-2002, 10:27 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: AZ
Posts: 8,414
|
As Kurt mentioned, a Torx bit will get them out 9 times out of 10. The size you need is "T-40". Good luck!
|
||
|
09-17-2002, 11:35 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
I found a set of tools that might work in this situation.
They are sized for different hex heads. They look like screw extractors...but are 6 sided and slightly tapered. The idea is to select the correct one and drive it into the rounded out hole....then use a wrench to turn out the bad bolt. I got mine from KBC tools...but they must be available from other places too. Bob
__________________
Bob Hutson |
||
|
09-17-2002, 09:52 PM
|
|
|
Harley
