Stuck starter motor bolt

[DarnPB]

it looks to me like it is very slightly cross threaded on there. Don't forget that is a connector. If you remove the stud completely you will bugger the solenoid internally. You could be looking at a replacement starter TBH unless you are very lucky.

[jmsheahan]

DPB; what does that stud connect to inside the solenoid?

Like I say it still works if I bridge the gap when the between nut and connectors so hoping once I've chopped the nut off I'll be able to use a new 13mm nut, albeit with a shorter threaded stud.

I hope I don't need a new one to be honest, they aren't cheap 

PITA, should have just left it alone 

[DarnPB]

But where would you chop it off? I don't know exactly how the solenoid is put together, but I gather that the stud you see there is the tail end of a captive headed copper bolt to which a conductor to the upper part of the solenoid is connected. It will be very difficicult to gain any kind of purchase on the remaining stud to be able to turn that nut. Copper is very soft and the nut will either be steel or brass, so the item that is going to fail is the stud as it is the softer.
I would try to get some grips on the end of the stud and try to wind that nut back to where it should be.

[moutains]

try to find another nut run it up to the stuck one then try locking one against the other might work dont try pulling the stud out as said before its part of the solenoid perhaps if you can get some heat on it that would help be carefull though

[jmsheahan]

Tried the two bolt method yesterday, no joy unfortunately.

Had another go today - plusgas and molegrips are my new fav tools 

cheers for the help everyone

[clipperjay]

You can't fail with molegrips got me out of trouble too many times