I have a stripped bolt head on my distributor mount. It is not possible to jam a smaller socket on it because I can't get the wrench on it, I can't drill an extractor bit on it because it's at a weird angle, it is so rounded I can't fit any open-end wrenches, and I've tried vice-grips but those don't work either...
Any suggestions? I really need to get this bolt off, the ******* who put the new cap on advanced my timing and now it's pinging like a toddler who got into the pots and pans cupboard.
Thanks

 

snapon.com, look for some twist sockets

 

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr...65000

they sell cheaper ones i think

 

thanks for the suggestion! I'll have to find a store that carries em.

 

those are way too deep. The i can barely fit a 1/4" width wrench in there. I think I may have to saw it then drill it or something. It does have a phillips head, but it's at such a bad angle i can't get a screwdriver in there tightly.

 

not sure if this will help you but when i had a rounded nut i took it to a friend of mine who welded another nut on there and we took it out from there. might wanna try that before you go and chop off the head.

 

I've thought about that, but it might still be too tight of a space, unless of course I fit a smaller diameter bolt on there. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

If you can fit a cutting tool in there you can just grind/saw the head off. Once the distributor is off then you can probably just unthread the existing bolt out by hand because the pressure of the head won't be on it.