WJM

thanks to some bad body work, I dont have the correct bolt for my bumper shock...and after a few years it has desided to really stick in my car. I need some ideas on how to get it out.

so far I have:
-Mashing the next size up allen in
-Mashing in a 12 point in
-Mashing a socket on
-trying to grind some flats and mash socket on (still cant get one to fit right)
-Mashing a 12 point wrench on
-Heating
-Cutting groove to use big screwdriver.. got grooves, but not a screw driver big enough.... *sigh*
-Tried drilling and using screw extractor set... wont drill very far, plus bad angle

Help please! i'm gonna make a trip to sears and see if the bolt extractor set will work any better than the screw extractor

Audi2ptzero

from under the bumper near the fog light?

WJM

yup

®ob

could just replace the whole shock if necessary

Audi2ptzero

of the shock, since it is used to adjust the bumper hight.

ModifiedA4

maybe you can get the 4 bolts off the shock holder? would that work?

otherwise i'd mutilate the bolt to the point where you can get the bumper off, then deal with getting the rest out with the bumper off.<ul><li><a href="http://1.8t.org/~quattroman/Audi%20B5%2097-2001/Body/Exterior/63-1%20Front%20bumper.pdf">bentley for reference</a></li></ul>

xr4tic

got enough room to weld a cheap socket on it?

Mat Indukts Lambos

break anyways.

You should be able to get it with an external style extractor.

Alpha7

I used a "bolt-out" kit from crapsman on the outer edge when the inside started stripping

RKA

Ditto.