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Front drive shaft help

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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 09:24 PM
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Need some help with my front drive shaft!!! The 8mm bolts are rusted solid on and are now stripped and will not come off. I was thinking about cutting the space to cut the bolts in half and beat it off.... Any thoughts???
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 388charlie
Need some help with my front drive shaft!!! The 8mm bolts are rusted solid on and are now stripped and will not come off. I was thinking about cutting the space to cut the bolts in half and beat it off.... Any thoughts???
try hammering the socket onto the bolts, I ran into the same problem and this worked for me. you should be able to enough bite on the bolts this way. I am headed back to oahu this summer, look forward to getting back! good luck
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 11:30 PM
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you can als try a little heat with a propain torch and or some liquid wrench be care full liquld wrench is flamible. use a slight ly smaller socket abd hammer it on. or a chisle and a hamer and tap it lossining some times it can brake free that way if mit cut the head off and get an extractor from auto zone. or cut the head and drill it out and repair the theads with a tap and dye but you may need a size up in bolts.
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Old Feb 17, 2012 | 04:37 AM
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Drill a hole in it and use a reverse tap.........
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