[Vwdiesel] Stripped Bolts

[Nate Wall]

First firmly hit (tap) straigt down on the 2 bolt
heads using a drift or the like. Be careful not to go
too wild as to damage the transaxle components. That
should loosen the threads a bit. Then use a pair of
vice grips on the remaining 2 bolts. Make sure the
vice grips' jaws are not worn and grip well. Clamp
them as tight as you can on the bolt heads. Good luck!

--Nate
--- "E. J. Gilbert" <gilbeej at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey Guys,
> I have just had the unhappy experience of stripping
> the starz splines out of two of the six bolts
> holding the drive shaft to differential.  I used a
> special wrench with the correct 6MM starz head. Four
> of the six came free with lots of torque but the
> other two just gave way.  The wrench was inserted to
> bottom in all of the bolts.  I liked to never got
> the bolts out.  Has anyone else had this experience?
>  If so, how did you get the bolts out?  Next time I
> will get rigged up with an impact wrench.
> E.J.  
> 
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