Before you insert the hex tool you need to clean out the bolt head so the tool will seat- I have a socket driver on an extension and I tap this down with a hammer before wrenching it off. If the hex head is stripped, I use a 12 point and seat this also with a hammer. An impact driver may also be used. I have not ever had one that would'nt come off using these tools. Robert 1982 Westfalia ----Original Message Follows---- From: Jorge Osorio <josorio@PIGSEYE.KENNESAW.EDU> Reply-To: Jorge Osorio <josorio@PIGSEYE.KENNESAW.EDU> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Inner CV joint Allen bolt... Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 14:44:57 -0400 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
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