http://www.harborfreight.com/9-piece-38-drive-metric-bolt-extractor-sockets-67894.html
Buy these, be happy. It's the only thing that got my well rounded stripped
allen head bolts out of my type 2 Bay. Pound it on, then the harder you turn
with your GOOD ratchet, the tighter it grips. It was easy compared to
anything else I had tried, including vice grips, BF hammer and drift, then
chisel, then heat, then praying to God, then Satan - - -
HTH,
Courtney

----- Original Message -----
From: "miguel pacheco" <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints

>I put my van on stands and hit each allen head with my power washer, being
> careful to not hit the boots, though all my vans now have triple square
> bolts. Then I hit each 'well' with spray lubricant, then scrape with a
> tiny
> screw driver that has a curved tip. After scraping, I spray with lubricant
> again to wash out debris. I insert allen and tap it nice and hard several
> times. When you go to loosen, be sure not to turn into Godzilla! Very
> gently apply force.....
> Read tutorial, assemble properly so you only do this once.
> Miguel
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Jason <uberhare@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Channel lock 410.  Visegrips suck in comparasin.
>> On 2012-02-19 4:11 PM, "Daryl Christensen" <daryl@aatransaxle.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I have had good luck by pounding a Torx bit into where the original 6
>> > point was..Something like a T35 or T40 bit grabs quite nicely...
>> >
>> > Daryl of AA Transaxle
>> > 425-788-4070
>> > "On the cutting edge of Old technology"
>> > 86 Syncro Westy w/Turbo Zetec in the trunk
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>> > Of J Stewart
>> > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 7:40 AM
>> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> > Subject: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints
>> >
>> > Well, I did it to myself (someone even cautioned me about this) , back
>> > between Christmas and New Years I pulled my dash to replace my locked
>> > up
>> > front blower motor, not a fun job! I stated here on this list that the
>> next
>> > job, left side CV joints was next and it would be a piece o' cake
>> compared
>> > tot the blower motor. I did the right axle last summer and it was not a
>> bad
>> > job, however this morning on the very first CV bolt I tried to remove
>> from
>> > the outer joint I managed to round it out. I even cleaned inside the
>> > bolt
>> > head with a pick and tapped the hex head socket into head of the bolt
>> > to
>> > seat it as far as possible, and it still stripped out-no need to go
>> further
>> > at this point. I went to "Been There, Done That" and found the write up
>> on
>> > CV joints with an addendum by Mike B. on removing the outer 46mm nut on
>> the
>> > axle, yada, yada, yada. He says this is the "short version" of how to
>> > do
>> > this, and I'm not quite getting it-where can I find the "long version"?
>> Not
>> > sure now if this is a job I'm going to finish today, it being Sunday
>> > and
>> I
>> > am not off work tomorrow, it's beginning to look like a Saturday
>> > morning
>> > job for next weekend. TIA for any advice.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Jeff Stewart
>> >
>>