UPDATE: Went to Sears and bought a bolt-out 5 pc. set, got the bolt out.


I'm in the process of changing out my stock seat and 3 out of 4 bolts come out fine. However on the last bolt it just so happens to be stuck and rounded/stripped. I've searched and people said to use vicegrips, PB Blaster etc etc. But I just can't get the bolt out. I was wondering what other alternatives I could follow to get the bolt out.



Modified by DC4GB at 7:34 PM 10/9/2006

 

ez out

 

heres one way of doing it that you probably would only use as a last result. using a small drill bit (about half the diameter of the bolt) drill straight through the bolt thats stuck. once through, you should be able to either jam something in and turn it out, or crack it into pieces and remove them one by one.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by the_unknown &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">heres one way of doing it that you probably would only use as a last result. using a small drill bit (about half the diameter of the bolt) drill straight through the bolt thats stuck. once through, you should be able to either jam something in and turn it out, or crack it into pieces and remove them one by one.</TD></TR></TABLE> I would not suggest that even as a last resort most bolts dont' just break into pieces most of the time they begin to fuse together, and won't shatter after being drilled through. Try the ez out and pb togethor, if all fails you'll have to make the hole a little bigger and re tap and get a bolt that matches the new tap.