Broken Pinch Bolt Help

[Hayes Myers]

Hi Mohammed,
Soak it. Heat it.  Two nuts on the 1.5inch end ...they'll lock together
nicely and you take the bolt out.  Probably a bunch of heat will help lots
(unless heat isn't really an option there).  I'm so bad with fasteners.. I
don't heed the warnings about prep for the job.  Anyway, the 1.5inch end
should give you something to work off of...

Good luck and , of course, report back.



-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of mkb
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 1:18 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Broken Pinch Bolt Help

Started working on changing the CV joints on my 99 A6q over the weekend.
Was trying to get the upper pinch bolt off which I think holds the upper
control arms onto the hub housing.

Anyway, I'm on the drivers side, I've removed the rotor and was trying to
remove the upper pinch bolt.  It's real hard to loosen.  I'm thinking of
soaking it with PB Blaster, but nah, I'm an idiot.  I take a breaker bar to
it and slowly try to loosen it.  And then the bolt head just breaks off.
Arrgghhh.  Why didn't I just soak it overnight and try again in the morning?
Why?

So now the pinch bolt is still in there with one end sticking out (about 1
1/2") and the other end broken off.  Any suggestions as to how I remove
this?

I'm thinking of attaching two bolts on the end with the thread sticking out
and try to loosen it that way.  Anyone know the dimension of the pinch bolt?

Any other ideas before I screw this up completely?

thx

--
mohammed
99 A6 28q avant
97 A4 18tqa


      
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