OK; I'll admit that I'm kinda crude, but I've never had a problem with
simply torquing the bolt till it breaks in two and then dropping, or at most
tapping, the rest of the bolt out or the hole.

I realize that, living in the desert, I may not have as hard a time as your
easterners, but that's the view from here.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Max/Joyce Wellhouse" <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 5:29 AM
Subject: Re: tools for cutting off fused rusted exhaust bolts????

I agree with the use of the Dremel tool, but I've had good luck using their
straight carbide router  bit to cut stainless or other metals.  they cost
about $8 at bigger Walmarts or your local model  train hobby
shop(hobbytown?).

Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Frank Condelli
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
  Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 5:18 AM
  Subject: Re: tools for cutting off fused rusted exhaust bolts????

  In a message dated 1/8/2001 11:53:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
  LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

    tools for cutting off fused rusted exhaust bolts????

        Ed, a Dremel or Dremel replica with fibre reinforced cut off wheel
  tool works just great for the tight spots.  Get a few of the cut off
wheels
  as you will use them up quickly.  An ordinary hand held grinder with a cut
  off wheel works for those bolts more accessible.  You may find that the
part
  of the bolt still remaining in the flange hole you need to use again may
be
  hardened and difficult to drill out.  Use hardened drill bits for drilling
  stainless steel to get these holes back in use.

  Happy New Year

  Frank Condelli
  Almonte, Ontario, Canada
  '87 Westy & Lionel Trains
  Member: Vanagon List, LiMBO, IWCCC & Capital City VW Club
  Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
  STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Mufflers
  Frank Condelli & Associates or http://frankcondelli.com