Thread: oil sump bolt

Try a Metrinch socket.

i would go out and purchase another one ,then get the grinder find the middle of the thickest part and put i nice clean controlled slice then get your biggest screwdriver might pay to get the biggest you can get and hopefully you can un screw it??? spray some wd40 around the area first maybe it will loosen it up a bit ,that what i did a year ago ,maybe some else has a better way

cheers kelvin

Originally Posted by disco_thrasher

i would go out and purchase another one ,then get the grinder find the middle of the thickest part and put i nice clean controlled slice then get your biggest screwdriver might pay to get the biggest you can get and hopefully you can un screw it??? spray some wd40 around the area first maybe it will loosen it up a bit ,that what i did a year ago ,maybe some else has a better way

cheers kelvin

Thanks Thrasher l will try that and let you now how l go

Originally Posted by p38arover

Try a Metrinch socket.

l wil try this one first and then the one were l may lose a finger or 2...

if you can get access to the bolt, grab a hammer and drift and lay into the head of the bolt. This helps shock the bolts loose(assuming its not loctitied) Then grab a slightly smaller or imperial socket and hammer that onto the bolt. Tighten the bolt slightly as this helps to crack the thread.

If the bolts are loctitie a gentle application of heat and the ol hammer the socket on there trick is the way to go.

Originally Posted by Lucus

if you can get access to the bolt, grab a hammer and drift and lay into the head of the bolt. This helps shock the bolts loose(assuming its not loctitied) Then grab a slightly smaller or imperial socket and hammer that onto the bolt. Tighten the bolt slightly as this helps to crack the thread.

If the bolts are loctitie a gentle application of heat and the ol hammer the socket on there trick is the way to go.

be very carefully doing the above as any damage to the sump plug thread will cause problems in sealing and have being know to hair line crack/not saying it is a bad method but great care needs to be taken

cheers kelvin

i read it as a sump bolt not the drain plug??

a set of irwin nut extractors works and when they dont drilling it out through the center then using a drift extractor or easy out does.