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I was lucky enough to strip my rear axle bolt last night. Any idea's on how to remove this thing.

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Old 09-18-2008, 04:34 AM
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Default I was lucky enough to strip my rear axle bolt last night. Any idea's on how to remove this thing.
The 14mm hex bolt head is rounded out. I use a breaker bar and 6 foot pipe extension. The bolt would not budge. My pipe never failed me until now.
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Weld a large nut to it.
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Default Drill it out - tension is on the flange of the bolt head. When done, you should be able...
...to get the bolt (threaded) portion out with just your fingertips...

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Default Been here before so I'll chime in...
When this happened to me it took four days to get that sucka off.

I carved a notch on one side of the head of said bolt. Used a good size chisel and a hefty hammer. Then use the same tools to drive the bolt counter-clockwise.

It took me four days to realize that I was wasting my time with my little claw hammer. Trust me get a big hammer. Be careful and dont give up. You should be fine.

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That's the reason it took you four days!
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Drill out a grade 12.9 bolt? Buy lots of bits and do everything you can to keep the bit cool.
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But I learned. That is all.
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i did similar but welded a socket to it, the heat from the welder actually losened the bolt.
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