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JaffaTB

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3rd Mar 12 at 10:54

had to drill the heads off the bolts holding my passenger seat in because it had those daft torx drive bolts and the only bit i had snapped trying to undo them, now im left with about half an inch of thread sticking out of the one closest the door but thats not a problem because i can get to it from underneath its the other one near the gear stick, theres about half a cm left and theres no way to get to it from underneath, anybody know how i could get it out? tried mole grips on it but its solid

bigron1988

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3rd Mar 12 at 11:22

Can you not drill through it then wack a torks bit into it to undo it

JaffaTB

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3rd Mar 12 at 11:34

suppose i could give it a try, or just keep drilling through it with a slightly bigger drill each time til i can tap it round with something

TMM

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3rd Mar 12 at 17:49

Drill and use a stud extractor

scottyp1989

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3rd Mar 12 at 20:19

Drill and retap the hole TBH stud extractors wont work unless you can get the socket types on it.

JaffaTB

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3rd Mar 12 at 20:56

when its time to refit my seats im going to put a normal headed bolt it, can't stand those crappy torx things!

Dan295

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3rd Mar 12 at 21:57

the one closest to the drivers door? its got a captive nut on it but you can shear it off with some molegrips. why cant you get to that nut?

JaffaTB

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3rd Mar 12 at 23:30

the passenger side one closest the gear stick, i said i could get to the one near the door from underneath so thats not a problem

Cossie

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4th Mar 12 at 12:36

I have seen the problem many times they should be heated before attempt to be removed because of tread lock used !! when heated they get out easily.

Phoenix Autosport

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4th Mar 12 at 14:51

file or grind a flat on each side of the stud sticking up so that you can get a good grip with a pair of decent size mole grips, if you are still having issues try soaking them in wd40 or plusgas overnight as it will penetrate down the thread and help release them

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