Andy_C 50 Posted January 16, 2015 Stumped again. The screws have rounded and nuts rusted solid. Tried an impact driver without success and would rather avoid butchering the bracket but can't think of another removal method. Any ideas chaps? TIA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,646 Posted January 16, 2015 a sharp 6mm drill bit straight down the middle of the head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miles 331 1 Cars Posted January 16, 2015 As above, you can still get them new when you go wrong, (Or could having not checked in the last week) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_C 50 Posted January 24, 2015 This is silly now. 6mm drill bit snapped despite being kept cool. Properly stuck - ridiculous as it's a bloody bolt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slo 283 1 Cars Posted January 24, 2015 10mm nuts on the back of those bolts? just undo em bobs ya uncle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,646 Posted January 24, 2015 funny guy... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slo 283 1 Cars Posted January 24, 2015 ? mine were same no tool would undo em then looked on back and presto 10mm nuts just undid em with ratchet spanner came straight off Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,646 Posted January 24, 2015 still need to stop the screw turning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slo 283 1 Cars Posted January 24, 2015 Didn't on mine they were that tight they were stuck to the headlight bracket and the nuts came off easy but in that situation it would be far easier to just dremmel the nuts off at the back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_C 50 Posted January 24, 2015 Nuts are frozen solid and as Mr WP says the whole bolt just spins. The screw head is properly butchered too. Impact driver and a second pair of hands tomorrow - this little bastard's not going to beat me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Fenton 1,536 Posted January 25, 2015 To be honest forget an impact driver, all you will achieve is to break the plastic mount and bend all the flimsy panel work. Hold the nut on the back still with a spanner or socket. Take a sharp 3mm drill and drill a pilot hole in the centre of the bolt head, only 5 mm deep is needed. Follow with a sharp 6.5, keep the speed down. The head will then come off and you can push the rest through. Drills need to be high speed steel (HSS) as a minimum, Titanium Nitride coated (Gold ones) are even better. You need a drill that has variable speed, the single speed type invariably run too fast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_C 50 Posted January 25, 2015 Thanks Tom. It worked. Had to drill deep but one side's off. My second pair of hands had to disappear but at least we know how to attack the other side now. Would have been beyond embarrassing for a silly 10mm bolt to have delayed this! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Fenton 1,536 Posted January 25, 2015 What has sometimes worked for me is a left hand drill bit. Hold the nut as per before then with the drill in reverse push quite hard into the head of the bolt and give the drill a squirt. You want the drill to grab and bite into the head, often that's enough to spin the bolt out of the nut. They are not usually seized solid but usually too tight to undo with a screwdriver without buggering the cross head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
