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Re: '05 ARC; stripped oil drain plug bolt head
Posted by Brooks G (more from Brooks G) on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:03:44
In Reply to: '05 ARC; stripped oil drain plug bolt head, Dag, Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:59:18
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Been there done that. What I did to remove it was to drill a small hole most of the way through the center of the drain plug for a "easy out" (bolt extractor, whatever). Then I drilled the head and shoulder of the bolt off with a 1/2 inch drill bit. You need to be very accurate going up the center of the bolt if you try this. Once I got the head of the bolt off, I found out that the hole in the threaded portion was too short for the bolt extractor. You might want to drill all the way through with the first hole to prevent this though this could be very messy. It didn't matter anyway, as the rest of the bolt was so loose, a small screwdriver angled in the hole easily turned it out until I could grip it with my fingers.
Brooks,
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Posts in this Thread:
- '05 ARC; stripped oil drain plug bolt head, Dag, Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:59:18
- '05 ARC; stripped oil drain plug bolt head - RESOLVED, Dag, Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:27:16
- Pipe wrench.., AlS, Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:17:49
- Once fixed, get one of these..., cryptical, Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:20:28
- Been there done that....., Herb Hirsch
, Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:35:26 - Or, you could suck the oil out..., Whirligigmike, Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:32:10
- I'm sure you know this, but..., Phil, Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:06:19
- Re: '05 ARC; stripped oil drain plug bolt head, Brooks G, Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:03:44 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: '05 ARC; stripped oil drain plug bolt head, LesH, Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:41:46
- Re: '05 ARC; stripped oil drain plug bolt head, rc, Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:40:17
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