sidespar

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/12726/100_0032.jpg"></center><p>Follow-up from earlier post. I went and bought a bunch of torx sockets to remove the bolts to the bumper shocks so I could get at the snub mount. First one came out fine. The second one required a lot of torque, and finally the socket cammed out and slipped, destorying the female end of the torx bolt. Did the same thing to bolt #3, trashed the torx socket, and quit.

Question is: how do I get these bolts out now that the heads are stripped?

Thank you very much, this ordeal is turning into a real PITA.

Im@wesome~ out!

grind the heads so they are square and use a pipe wrench/crescent wrench

4Train

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daves4izzle::ASP 3-

The bolt-out set works wonders as well.

inliner311

they usually wont do anything for allen and torx bolts, since they are completely round on the outside.

inliner311

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4Train

Yes, this may work even better.

sidespar

What's next?

Could I file down the outside of the bolt and try to use a bolt-out extractor? Would that work?

What's next after that? Welding torch?

sidespar

The bolts are recessed - can't get a pipe wrench on them.

sidespar

I put an extra 1ft. moment arm on the wrench, and it still wouldn't budge.