I have been parting a car out for some time now, and just been working on it off and on. Anyways, today I finally wanted to remove the ignition cylider and switch, however, in the helms there really isn't a way to do it. It has the actuall switch, but not the cylinder body. Since the steering is already disconnected, I just decided to pull the rest of the steering column. Anyways, I finally get a good look at the "bolts" holding the thing on, and there is no heads to them. They are basicly like a normal bolt, with no Hex shape at the end or srewdrive pattern. I want to put this up on ebay, but I cant if I can seperate it.

Need some help. Thanks.

 

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The bolts on the column break off after they tighten them at the factory, that's why they have no head on them. The way to remove them is with a hammer and flat punch or screwdriver. hammer a lip into the side of the bolt and use that lip to loosen it, after a couple of turns you can take them out by hand. That's how we did them at the dealership. They are 8mm bolts, so the torque is not very high on them.

 

i have always taken them off by using a dremel tool and grinding a slot int eh head

a hack saw also works but takes more time