Lots of Vanagons have Allen sockets which have been damaged by attempts to
remove them with SAE sized keys...

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Mark Hineline
<hineline@ocotillofield.net>wrote:

> Okay, but Courtney, aren't these twelve-points, not allen bolts?
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> Mark
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> On Oct 11, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Courtney Hook wrote:
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>  OK, my friend Phil lent me these bolt extractors which are
>> phenomenal for removing the &*(&*^!!!! allen bolts that have been
>> holding up my CV rebuild for a month now. (Well to be honest I
>> haven't felt like crawling under the van either) :-) I tapped the #8
>> one down on the stripped out allen bolt and with one crank on my
>> 1/2" drive it loosened and removed that &*^&!!! bolt!! Check the
>> pics of these out at
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/chookvw/?saved=1
>> They are Craftsman tools, but I couldn't find a part no. on them
>> anywhere. The harder you turn to loosen the bolt, the tighter this
>> extractor bites into it. I am SO going to Sears to get a set!
>> Courtney
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>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Always be yourself, because the people that matter don't mind,
>> and the ones who mind, don't matter.
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Jake

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