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Dan 28-05-2006 15:24

newbie bolt question
 
So i had the chance to work on the car this weekend and was planning to replace the headlight. Unfortunatley though, when i was taking off the bolts that hold on the headlight cover (after removing the black plastic surround) the heads of two of them twisted off! So now i've got two bolt shafts stuck in the headlight, flush with the edge on both sides.
So, how do i remove these then? Or should i cut my losses and buy a new one?

Thanks very much
- Dan

s13eater 28-05-2006 15:31

if you have no luck let me know as i have about 4 sets of lights.:)

turbomike 28-05-2006 15:47

you might be able to drill them out and retap the threads

Dan 28-05-2006 16:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by s13eater
if you have no luck let me know as i have about 4 sets of lights.:)

how much for your best passenger side one mate?

Quote:

Originally Posted by turbomike
you might be able to drill them out and retap the threads

how do you go about retapping threads? thanks for the reply

bigtim 28-05-2006 18:39

Can you not tap the shaft round with a small dot punch after given it a blast with wd40

northerner 28-05-2006 19:52

best to drill and tap them as If you fit another, then You will have to get them Re-aligned at an MOT garage for the MOT like I did!!! :eek:

turbomike 28-05-2006 21:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan
how much for your best passenger side one mate?



how do you go about retapping threads? thanks for the reply

you will need to drill a hole directly in the centre of the snapped off bolt (with a drill a bit smaller than the tap)then use the appropiate metric tap to cut a thread

Dan 30-05-2006 16:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by northerner
best to drill and tap them as If you fit another, then You will have to get them Re-aligned at an MOT garage for the MOT like I did!!! :eek:

have to replace it anyway, motor's gone in the original.

thnaks for the suggestions guys!


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