Help with block bolts?
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I'am stripping down my engine and started to split the block and on two bolts my socket started to spin on the heads
and now i cant get a grip on it.....
any ideas on how to get these out? thanks
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Go and buy yourself a socket that grips on the flats of the bolt not the corners, I have a set and have yet to find a rounded bolt I can't undo!
I got mine from buck and Hickman but I'm sure the can be got from most decent tool shops! I know Wurth sell them too.
I got mine from buck and Hickman but I'm sure the can be got from most decent tool shops! I know Wurth sell them too.
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It would be far quicker to drill the heads off the bolts - find a drill bit which will just pass through the center of your socket, put the socket on the block bolt and use this as a drilling guide to pick up the center of the bolt head.
Drill through to just below the head of the bolt to weaken it and the head of the bolt will come off when you go to undo it with the socket and bar.
Once the crankcases are seperated,you can remove the headless bolts by hand.
Mick
Drill through to just below the head of the bolt to weaken it and the head of the bolt will come off when you go to undo it with the socket and bar.
Once the crankcases are seperated,you can remove the headless bolts by hand.
Mick
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