Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
VanagonEuroVan
Subject:Re: OT Drilling out a bolt. Expertise solicited.
From:Karl Hartmut Filc
Date:Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:43:32 -0400

I used the tool for stripped screw heads from SEARS. Paid around $25 in
Canada. Works for me.

Hartmut

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Kim Brennan
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 :12:05 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: OT Drilling out a bolt. Expertise solicited.

Depending on how much access you have to this bolt...

You might try the hammer and chisel route. Get a good chisel with a
edge smaller than the diameter of the bolt. Use a dremel to cut a slot
in the top of the bolt. Then put the chisel into one side of the bolt
and hammer the chisel (in the direction of removal). Worked for me when
I had a stuck bolt on my brakes (yes, the bolt will be trash
afterwards.)

Have something to add on this topic today? Revive this thread in the forum »