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corsa_sport_jay
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23rd Dec 06 at 18:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
as i was taking my seats out to replace with buckets i have rounded off the bolt on the drivers side! its the big gold bolt!!! ne ideas what i can do to resolve this! get the bolt out its already a little way out just need to get the rest out!!! GRRHHH!! ta jay
vaux-tech
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Location: Preston, Lancs. Drives: Astra SRI turbo.
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23rd Dec 06 at 18:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
big pair of grips on it and some persuasive techniques....
corsa_sport_jay
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23rd Dec 06 at 18:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what about a drill????
corsa_sport_jay
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23rd Dec 06 at 18:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
? ne1 help??
mattk
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23rd Dec 06 at 18:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
grips, there all you will need
corsa120
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23rd Dec 06 at 18:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hit the bolt head with hammer quite hard few times to crack the locktite they use on the threads and then use good solif pair of mole grips and like above some persaverance
corsa_sport_jay
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23rd Dec 06 at 18:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thats great will do this tommorrow!!!! thanks jay
marklawton
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23rd Dec 06 at 18:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah, you have to hit it hard a few times to break the locktight, mines were a bastad to take out
Robin
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Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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23rd Dec 06 at 19:15   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Get some Stilsons Grips, the harder you pull, the more they grip
corsa_sport_jay
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23rd Dec 06 at 20:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ok im gona give it ago tomorrow!! is this usual should they be a bastard to take out?
Robin
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23rd Dec 06 at 20:18   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mine was a complete arse, I had to heat it with an acetylene torch (but I totally rounded it)
GavCorsa
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23rd Dec 06 at 20:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
LOL, i managed to break the welding for the nut under the car when doin mine
DYL
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24th Dec 06 at 10:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i did mine no probs .....although the bolts were in a awcward place!
jamied
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24th Dec 06 at 11:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i wonder if there designed to ever come out as they always round off, took me and my dad 10mins of hard pulling with mole grips to shift em
STEvieXE
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24th Dec 06 at 19:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mine came off ok?? must be the only good thing that has happened to me concerning that car since the build started
Wrighty_1988
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24th Dec 06 at 23:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If the mole grips fail drill a hole through the bolt ad get some easy outs.
crazycorsa19
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24th Dec 06 at 23:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mine was fine and its been out a few times after too

 
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