Broken shock bolt help?
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Broken shock bolt help?
Yesterday morning I was drivng and heard a bad rattling from the right rear of my car, I jacked it up, took the wheel off, fender liner out, and found the rear shock moved a tiny tiny bit. The bolts were tight, but a few months back I read a post that said that's common, and to just crank the top bolt on the shock down a bit extra, so I was, and SNAP!! the bolt head broke off...here it is...(sorry about the big picture, I'll resize it when I'm home from work)
<img src="http://www.brettstrasnick.com/vwforum/temp-001.jpg">
As if you guys didn't know what it looked like.
Anyway, ideas to get it out? It's secure in there, so I drove to work (VERY slowly and carefully) and there was lots of rattling. I'm going to get a new bolt at lunch, and then heading to my friend's who lives nearby so we can work on getting it fixed, I've never fixed something like this before though...
TIA!
<img src="http://www.brettstrasnick.com/vwforum/temp-001.jpg">
As if you guys didn't know what it looked like.
Anyway, ideas to get it out? It's secure in there, so I drove to work (VERY slowly and carefully) and there was lots of rattling. I'm going to get a new bolt at lunch, and then heading to my friend's who lives nearby so we can work on getting it fixed, I've never fixed something like this before though...
TIA!
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All fixed...did it without buying any tools, took 20 minutes >>>
Just used the broken head of the bolt, I was able to get it to catch on the other part of the bolt enough at a time for 1/4 to 1/2 turn at a time until it was out enough that I could grab it and twist it.
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