striped bolt!
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striped bolt!
I was takeing my rack apart today when I ran in to this little road block. I stripped one of the bolts that hold the rack together and tried to grined an x in to the bolt to chizl it apart NOT MY IDEA!!! does any body know how I can get this bolt out?
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hard to tell now since u ground on it but looks like it was a square head plug(pipe plug) that u could loosen with an adjustable wrench. if it is in deed removeable(and not just something cast into the housing), it really shouldn't take much effort to loosen. a really good cleaning should reveal if it's just part of the casting.
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its not part of the casting its the bolt that keeps the rack pushed in to the worm gear it has to come out. and I tryed grinding two flat sides on it and then puting it in a vice and turning it out but the metal is so soft it just twisted the bolt head. I like arons idea I think I will try welding a bolt to it.I will let you know how it goes.
#5
Oh, I hate it when that happens. It really is the 2nd worst thing it can happen while working on a car...
My tip for you:
-clean that, very well
-put some penetrating oil, like in this area:
-wait for the penetrating oil to penetrate (of course), maybe 5 minutes...?
then, with a chisel and a hammer, hit on the area marked in red, in such a way that the bolt rotates like green arrow points.
get it?
Good luck with that!
My tip for you:
-clean that, very well
-put some penetrating oil, like in this area:
-wait for the penetrating oil to penetrate (of course), maybe 5 minutes...?
then, with a chisel and a hammer, hit on the area marked in red, in such a way that the bolt rotates like green arrow points.
get it?
Good luck with that!
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Wow I didnt even notice that! well thats good because the bolt should come out with the lock nut and I can just get new bolts to put the rack back together.
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Have you tried using an easy out set? I think you can rent them from auto zone. I know I'm pretty know, but I have over 5 years' experience as an aircraft mechanic and I think that would pull it out no problem.
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Download the FSM!
Do yourself a big favor before you trash your steering gear. Download the FSM. There are several sites. Rotaryheads.com and foxed.ca are mentioned in many threads on this forum.
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Im taking it over to my cousins house in a little bit because I dont have a big enough wrench to get on the lock nut. dont worrie I wount leave you guys hanging.
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Just as I thought the bolt came out with the lock nut now I can finish takeing it apart get a new bolt and lock nut put it back together and have a perfactly good depowered 15:1 ratio rack for my black fc
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the thing to take away from this is make sure you know what you are doing before you do it! I dont usually jump in to things like this unless I make sure I know exactly how its done. I will definatly look up the how to and the fsm before I reassembul!
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Glad you were able to get it apart. Per the online parts fiche, OEM part numbers are FB05-32-131 for the lock nut and FB05-32-129 for the plug ('bolt'). Doesn't look like stuff you'll find at TSC.
Last edited by RobbyWally; 03-13-12 at 10:58 PM. Reason: Part number mistake
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will be needing the c clip that goes on the top of the worm gear I didnt have any c clip plyers so I had to mangle it to get it out but its all apart and ready to be cleaned.
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