I was removing the head and encountered a problem i have never had before. i was on the last nut and it stripped.

Does anyone have any ideas or had this happen? Is there any other possiable way to remove the nut without drilling it? thanks.

 

sorry should have searched first. found the info i think i needed. but any additional ideas will be appreciated. thanks

 

my friend encountered a similar problem, his stock headbolt head was stripped

he had one of those bolt removers from sears and got it off in 30 secs

 

yeah i forgot they were ARP head studs on this one and used a 13 mm instead of the 1/2 in. whats funny is i remove all but that one without a problem. i am getting the socket to remove it tonight. hopefully it works out thanks.

 

do u mean the threads are stripped or the nut is rounded?

 

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sorry, yeah the nut is rounded. but i forgot they were ARP so i am going to try it with the 1/2 in. socket tonight. maybe itll work still. thanks

 

1/2 and 13mm are really close in size. if that doesnt work sears has a couple of tools that actualy grab in the middle of the flat part instead of the average tool that grabs the corners of the nut! since the corners are already rounded becareful not to round them to much more!!!!!1

 

sears has what you need, it worked for my friend

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr...61000
click it