So I pulled my motor and I am pulling everything off the block and on the mount for the power steering pump there is a bolt head that is striped. Any ideas on how to take it off?

Thanks,
Sean

 

I saw this and I wondered "WTF is a striped blot head." Then I realized you meant a stripped bolt head...

Can you get a Visegrip on it? If not, I think there are some bolt extractors that I have seen somewhere that are kinda the inverse of an "easy-out." Maybe something like that would work. You could also grind a slot in the head with a Dremel for a large screwdriver, and then use an impact screwdriver to get it out.

 

had to deal with a lot of stuck bolts lately.. visegrip works for most, and i had to dremel one. don't do those gator grip things, it doesn't work, i tried. that went right back to cheap-mart for my $6 refund

 

yeah i tried vice grips but no go. ill try to Dremel it out. . . . . now only if i could spell I don't have an impact screwdriver. Are there any places that rent like sears or something?

 

turbo socket.

 

We need to come up with a Striped Blot Head icon of some sort. Maybe a smiley face with a mohawk?

 

it should be an ink blot turned into a smiley face =P

 

drill through the bolt, slightly bend the drill bit, reverse out.

 

That's a good way to snap a drill bit off into something. Hardened steel doesn't bend... and once you've broken a bit off in the bolt, there is no way you can drill the bolt again with anything else.

 

Well I have used that technique many times without ever snapping off the drill bit.

He has problem. I gave a solution.

 

Thanks a ton guys I ended up hammering on an old 13 to the bolt to get it off LOL

 

It bends alittle. I've done pretty well with drilling out broken bolts, I have a drill doctor for sharpening. use low rpms, start small and push to center, and cool the bit off.

Everyonce in awhile the walls of the bolt grab the bit and it comes out nicely, never realized how.

Your technique is to let the bit flutes knock it out? or the tip?

How do you judge when to put the drill in reverse? when you can see the outline of the threads?

 

spend a lil more money n buy special socket set for those...may cost u around $200 but its well worth it

 

LoL i'll remember that for next time

 

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00952166000P

 

there's this product called "Grab it" thats supposed to work