Rounded off bolts ?
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Sods law a bit of sunshine so thought I would change the front discs and pads on my little ZS daily, first side goes great no drama, 2nd side both caliper bracket bolts were already rounded off from a 13mm to 12, hammered on a socket and it wont budge, are these rounded off special sockets any good or just hype as I have one decent brake and one shagged one now and no other special tools
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no room to get any swing or grip, really needs to be a socket of some type im guessing, oh well looks like I will have to camp out at a pals workshop and let him take sympathy on me
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if theres room i weld a nut on, if you can get a grinder in cut the head off, remove the part then your left with a stub of bolt to weld a nut to, broken bolts are a big part of my work load on the old cats.
i have a dewalt right angle drill and a picolo mag drill for when i have no other option but to dril out seized bolts and studs. if the threads arent seized once you remove the flange by cutting the heads off it will relive the pressure and they will undo easily but obviously you will need new bolts.
i have tried a few of those roller type remover things and they have never worked for me, but give it a try youve got nothing to loose.
i have a dewalt right angle drill and a picolo mag drill for when i have no other option but to dril out seized bolts and studs. if the threads arent seized once you remove the flange by cutting the heads off it will relive the pressure and they will undo easily but obviously you will need new bolts.
i have tried a few of those roller type remover things and they have never worked for me, but give it a try youve got nothing to loose.
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no special tools chaps its on my driveway, Kitchen devil has come to my rescue so it shall be sorted sunday morning, if I had tools like gas & welders etc I would have used them, thanks for the input chaps
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As said get the irwin bolt extractor sockets, haven't seen one fail yet!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Irwin-Bolt...30590199537%26
Screwfix sell them for Ł25 all in
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Irwin-Bolt...30590199537%26
Screwfix sell them for Ł25 all in
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Sometimes just getting a bit of heat into the bolt with a blowtorch is enough to get it moving.
Good thing is if it really is impossible to get out then the hub and carrier assembly comes off so easily on those that you can unbolt the lot and work on it on the bench/take it somewhere to get fixed.
Good thing is if it really is impossible to get out then the hub and carrier assembly comes off so easily on those that you can unbolt the lot and work on it on the bench/take it somewhere to get fixed.
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Sometimes just getting a bit of heat into the bolt with a blowtorch is enough to get it moving.
Good thing is if it really is impossible to get out then the hub and carrier assembly comes off so easily on those that you can unbolt the lot and work on it on the bench/take it somewhere to get fixed.
Good thing is if it really is impossible to get out then the hub and carrier assembly comes off so easily on those that you can unbolt the lot and work on it on the bench/take it somewhere to get fixed.
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its good such a simple job has brought about this information, If I had of had heat trust me I would have applied it as I know how much easier it makes things, but at home on a freezing cold driveway I was very limited with tools
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