They come out just fine using vice-grips as a wrench to grab that edge near the base. Chewing up the ends make no difference since they are not reused anyway.
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of Coby Smolens Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:40 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Woody's shear bolts
Sorry to be so delayed - Outlook '98 took it upon itself to file this message in Junk Mail. Luckily I checked before dumping the lot... Tell it to Bill Gates. I don't drill them out at all. I use a cutoff wheel on a die grinder to cut a screw slot in the pointy head of the sheared-off bolt (abrasive disk on a Dremel, for the DIYer?), then take the thing off with a screwdriver. Actually, now I think of it, I've gotten them loose with a good pair of vise grips, judiciously applied. They're not very tight - they shear off in the tightening process before they get past 16 ft. lbs. or so. Coby > -----Original Message----- > From: Woody Halsey [mailto:WoodyHalsey@compuserve.com] > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 3:24 AM > To: Darrell Boehler > Cc: bus depot; Coby Smolens; Ken Wilford > Subject: Re: Woody's shear bolts > > > Dear Friends, > > The Bentley says to "drill out" the shear bolts on the steering column in > order to disassemble the dash on my 83.5 parts van. Can anyone > tell me what > diameter bit to use? > > Thanks! > > Woody > |
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