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Offline Lee Watson

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Nightmare boltÂ…..
« on: 29 August 2006, 15:23 »
Help

I tried to replaced my rear brake discÂ’s on my MK2 golf GTI 16V at the weekend but I could not remove one of the allen key bolts that hold on the caliper  and I ended up screwing the allen key bit up has anyone got a good way to remove it?

Cheers

Lee
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Offline Daz...

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Re: Nightmare boltÂ…..
« Reply #1 on: 29 August 2006, 15:34 »
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Offline Mk1Mad J - 16v

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Re: Nightmare boltÂ…..
« Reply #2 on: 29 August 2006, 15:37 »
Hammer a slightly larger allen key or a spline key into the rounded bolt hole, or hammer a socket onto the head of the bolt if its really mashed up, failing that get yourself some easy-outs  :wink:

This set's £80  :shocked: but don't worry you can get a similar set from Halfords for about £7  :smiley:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DAMAGED-SCREW-REMOVER-BOLT-EXTRACTOR-SET_W0QQitemZ160013250625QQihZ006QQcategoryZ64812QQcmdZViewItem
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Offline AudiA8Quattro

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Re: Nightmare boltÂ…..
« Reply #3 on: 29 August 2006, 20:10 »
Mk3's are even worse, they use loctite on the bolts  :grin:
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Offline AudiA8Quattro

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Re: Nightmare boltÂ…..
« Reply #4 on: 29 August 2006, 22:35 »
If all else fails, buy a set of these



available here
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=040214679
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Veedubgt18v

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Re: Nightmare boltÂ…..
« Reply #5 on: 29 August 2006, 22:48 »
u f**ked up a lot of 13mm bolts corrin??
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Offline AudiA8Quattro

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Re: Nightmare boltÂ…..
« Reply #6 on: 29 August 2006, 22:50 »
That kit i posted up Ed, its the bollox, buy some!  :grin:
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Veedubgt18v

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Re: Nightmare boltÂ…..
« Reply #7 on: 29 August 2006, 22:52 »
yep cos im well cack handed with bolts lol
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Offline AudiA8Quattro

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Re: Nightmare boltÂ…..
« Reply #8 on: 30 August 2006, 12:04 »
Are you?  :wink:
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Offline baz_the_man62

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Re: Nightmare boltÂ…..
« Reply #9 on: 30 August 2006, 15:46 »
i had a similar situation working on my car and i locked a set of molegrips on a bolt, obviously they need closing up really really tight to grip it, it came undone so a new bolt was in order, i think the bolt is still being held by the grips in the toolbox!
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