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Subject:Re: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
From:neil
Date:Fri, 8 Dec 2006 13:04:50 -0500

You may already know/tried this stuff but....

clean the inside of bolt head so allen/star head will
fit in properly.

you could try tapping in an allen head into star bolts
and see if that grabs

vice grips on head of bolt may do the trick.

Cheers,

Neil.

--- chris <chris@MCCLURKEN.COM> wrote:

> Anyone out there know of a tool for
> stuck/stripped/rounded out CV Joint
> bolt? I'm swapping the transmission on my 85 GL and
> I've found a
> nightmare or stripped bolts. The outside of the
> bolts look kind of
> threaded which makes me think whoever messed with
> them last used a
> tool...but I have no idea what.
>
> Suggestions appreciated...
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
> Nashville, TN
> 85 Vanagon GL manual
>

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