hi all,

i am new to the forum and i own a 1993 honda accord.

I wanted to find out how to remove a stripped 17mm fill bolt for the transmission.

thanks.

 

Try and use some channellocks and if that doesnt work i dunno what else to do

Maybe try and put a 16mm? socket on it?? I dunno

 

How badly stripped is it?

 

go to SEARS and get the Craftsman stripped bolt socket set they have. It's only about $20 and i hear it works pretty good in getting stripped bolts out

 

I'm sorry, just for clarification when you say "fill bolt" do you mean the drain bolt underneath the car? I have a 92' Accord Lx and the only bolt similar to a "fill bolt" on the transmission is the drain bolt. It takes a 3/8 inch socket wrench without the socket and a breaker bar to loosen it. Are we talking about the same thing?

 

thanks for the replies, everyone. it is stripped very bad. i think i am going to have to drill it out and get a new "fill bolt" for the transmission. thanks.

 

there is a drain bolt and a fill bolt in the transmission. the one i am talking about is the fill bolt, which is a 17mm bolt.

 

I never knew there was a fill bolt on the 93' Accord. I have a 92' Accord. I always drained it and then filled it thru the dipstick hole. Anyone else wanna chime in on this one?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dockersguy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I never knew there was a fill bolt on the 93' Accord. I have a 92' Accord. I always drained it and then filled it thru the dipstick hole. Anyone else wanna chime in on this one?</TD></TR></TABLE>Manual trannys don't have a dipstick. They have a fill bolt, usually next to the axle.

 

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Have you tried heating the sucker and waxing it?

 

So it's the bolt's head is stripped or the thread is stripped?

grab a dremel, grind it a slot there and see if you can torque it out with big screwdriver.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iam7head &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So it's the bolt's head is stripped or the thread is stripped?

grab a dremel, grind it a slot there and see if you can torque it out with big screwdriver.
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thats what i do to my stripped screws. should work if your a big strong man for a bolt too

 

If you have room down there, get yourself a small pipe wrench and a pipe. Take the stripped bolt off this way. Pipe wrenches were designed to turn round things (rounded off bolt). Good luck.