cfcrotweiller
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Afternoon!
As the topic says, I've stripped the bolt head on one of the Thermostat housing bolts. The other managed to come out (turning t slowly), but I now have about 1cm of a threaded neck without the head on.
I've WD40'd the area, I have also sawn a slit into it to get a slot screwdriver on it, but I was using a rachet set to get it off and I don't think a screwdriver will provide enough leverage/torque.
I've also tried to file either side of the thread, get molar grips around it but this also hasn't really done anything.
Any suggestions?
I was thinking of migwelding a nut onto it, which I can then use as a bolt head and get a rachet socket on it and try and unscrew it. Obviously migwelding has to be carefully done due to aluminium manifold..
Any help most appreciated!
Andy
As the topic says, I've stripped the bolt head on one of the Thermostat housing bolts. The other managed to come out (turning t slowly), but I now have about 1cm of a threaded neck without the head on.
I've WD40'd the area, I have also sawn a slit into it to get a slot screwdriver on it, but I was using a rachet set to get it off and I don't think a screwdriver will provide enough leverage/torque.
I've also tried to file either side of the thread, get molar grips around it but this also hasn't really done anything.
Any suggestions?
I was thinking of migwelding a nut onto it, which I can then use as a bolt head and get a rachet socket on it and try and unscrew it. Obviously migwelding has to be carefully done due to aluminium manifold..
Any help most appreciated!
Andy