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Subject:Re: Inner CV joint Allen bolt...
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Sun, 18 May 2003 16:49:27 -0700

Except to remove the bearing housing and pull the whole
CV/axle assembly out where you can get vise grips on it.
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Drill the head off!
Let me say it again, Drill the head off.
The bolt will come out of the stub axle after this.

Stan Wilder

On Sun, 18 May 2003 13:07:13 -0700 Steve Delanty
<laurasdog@WEIRDSTUFFWEMAKE.COM> writes:
> If it's down in the "hole from hell" at the outer end then I don't
> have
> much good advise for a stripped bolt....
>
> Except to remove the bearing housing and pull the whole
> CV/axle assembly out where you can get vise grips on it.
>
> You'll probably have to remove the brake line and parking brake
> cable to get it out far enough.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Steve
> '86 Westy
>
> At 11:44 AM 5/18/2003, you wrote:
> >3 days and $250 in tools later  I'm one bolt away from removing
> the
> >passenger side rear side. Let me re-phrase, this is the
> "proverbial" last
> >bolt!! The bolt is now somewhere between 1/4 and 6.5mm in size and
> closer
> >to sending me to the nut house! Any tricks short of C-4??
> >
> >I'll probably end up buying new CVs but I will go thru the exercise
> at
> >least to save my pride.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Jorge and the Angry Bolt
> >
> >'85 Weekender
>
>

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