Hey All, Been there, done that just last week! The last one stripped out. I used a large, sharp drill bit and drilled off the head ala a rivet - only took a couple mins and the remaining threaded rod came out be hand. ...JMM Justin M. Mayrand 1980 Westy "SuperVan" On Sunday, May 18, 2003, at 02:44 PM, Jorge Osorio wrote: > 3 days and $250 in tools later I'm one bolt away from removing the > passenger side rear side. Let me re-phrase, this is the "proverbial" > last > bolt!! The bolt is now somewhere between 1/4 and 6.5mm in size and > closer > to sending me to the nut house! Any tricks short of C-4?? > > I'll probably end up buying new CVs but I will go thru the exercise at > least to save my pride. > > Thanks, > > Jorge and the Angry Bolt > > '85 Weekender > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > >
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