Good luck trying those techniques on the outer CV joint cap screws
Nathaniel!   :)

On 12/8/06, Nathaniel Poole <npoole@telus.net> wrote:
>
> If nothing else works, I have a simple technique that I have used for
> years
> with all manner of stripped fasteners. It ruins them so it's a last
> resort,
> but I take a chisel and hammer and put a notch in the side of the bolt or
> screw head. I then rotate the chisel so it is at an angle to the bolt head
> and pound away. The chisel digs in but the sideways torque always loosens
> the bolt before the chisel goes through the bolt head. I have never not
> been
> able to loosen a fastener this way, except in those cases when a chisel
> (or
> even a short slotted screwdriver) would not fit.
>
>
> On 12/8/06 8:59 AM, "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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