!! Stripped Cat Bolt !!

natepaulus

I just knew, with only 3,000 miles on the odo, I wouldn't have the bolt problem.....Wrong. I broke one (no problem) and stripped the other.

The bolt had come out a quarter inch or so before stripping, so it gave me the opportunity to cut the head off. A little tedious, but pretty quick and simple. I first duct taped a Dremmel with cutting wheel to my extension. It was too bulky and I couldn't see down there well enough. So I got the snake extension for the Dremmel and taped IT to the end of the socket extension.

So...extension in hand, my brother holding the light, switching the Dremmel on and off for 5 mins....crisis averted.

Also, the cutting disk is smallish and you can't cut all the way through from just one side. so kind of cut around the bolt in an arc. I actually had to finish it off from below by prying with a small screwdriver to break it off.

Steady hand. DO NOT cut into the header!

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