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Car Forum / Volkswagen / Water Cooled Volkswagen Cars / January 2008driver side half shaft-axle
86 v-w-golf driver side axle half shaft no good. thend near the tire is off, an there is 5 or 6 bolts to the tranny side of the shaft. all bolts r loose but 2 r stripped beyond belief. if there was lok tite used how do u deal with that. i have new shaft ready to go, but allen head is stripped and vice grips arent breaking free to unscrew. i am a strong dude an with a vicegrip no movement other than slipping. other idea was to air chissel or gring the head off, pull shaft and vice grip again , if so how do u (un) lock the locktite? damn good car -- Message posted using http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled/ More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html No loctite is used there. Use a sharp chisel and hamer. Eventually they give up.... SFC > 86 v-w-golf driver side axle half shaft no good. thend near the tire is > off, an there is 5 or 6 bolts to the tranny side of the shaft. all bolts r [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled/ > More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html Usually I place the chisel at the top of the bolt to cut a groove and then angle the chisel on one side in the direction of loosing these bolts off. No loctite is used there. Use a sharp chisel and hamer. Eventually they give up.... SFC "toxicneon" <toxic.neon@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht news:27ec241ad29d3bea1761c0ddf877ea66@localhost.talkaboutautos.com... > 86 v-w-golf driver side axle half shaft no good. thend near the tire is > off, an there is 5 or 6 bolts to the tranny side of the shaft. all bolts r > loose but 2 r stripped beyond belief. if there was lok tite used how do u > deal with that. i have new shaft ready to go, but allen head is stripped > and vice grips arent breaking free to unscrew. i am a strong dude an with > a vicegrip no movement other than slipping. other idea was to air chissel > or gring the head off, pull shaft and vice grip again , if so how do u > (un) lock the locktite? damn good car > > -- > Message posted using > http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled/ > More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html > Exactly!! Usually I replace the bolts for std allen bolts grade 12.9 (euro std). SFC Usually I place the chisel at the top of the bolt to cut a groove and then angle the chisel on one side in the direction of loosing these bolts off. "SFC" <sf-cillari@hetnet.nl> wrote in message news:478a5144$0$25476$9a622dc7@news.kpnplanet.nl... No loctite is used there. Use a sharp chisel and hamer. Eventually they give up.... SFC "toxicneon" <toxic.neon@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht news:27ec241ad29d3bea1761c0ddf877ea66@localhost.talkaboutautos.com... > 86 v-w-golf driver side axle half shaft no good. thend near the tire is > off, an there is 5 or 6 bolts to the tranny side of the shaft. all bolts r > loose but 2 r stripped beyond belief. if there was lok tite used how do u > deal with that. i have new shaft ready to go, but allen head is stripped > and vice grips arent breaking free to unscrew. i am a strong dude an with > a vicegrip no movement other than slipping. other idea was to air chissel > or gring the head off, pull shaft and vice grip again , if so how do u > (un) lock the locktite? damn good car > > -- > Message posted using > http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled/ > More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html > These things never come off without a struggle. I ended up grinding the stubborn heads off with a Dremel and replacing the bolts when the tranny went back in. They are actually a 12-point pattern, not regular allen (hex), sometimes it is hard to tell as they get gunked up. ~ matt > 86 v-w-golf driver side axle half shaft no good. thend near the tire is > off, an there is 5 or 6 bolts to the tranny side of the shaft. all bolts r [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Message posted usinghttp://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled/ > More information athttp://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html > These things never come off without a struggle. I ended up grinding > the stubborn heads off with a Dremel and replacing the bolts when the [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >>> can also weld a steel bar across the top of the head to allow you to >>> turn the head easier I do vise grips and an allen wrench or triple square inside. The allen wrench or triple square lets the vice grips only squish the bolt so much. With nothing in the middle the vice grip never gets a chance to get it's 2 ton grip. I have cursed a few but never had to saw or grind one off. But I also live in a non salt climate. I may curse when I do a clutch on my new car as the dealer replace a cv boot. We had to stand on the brakes and use a long breaker bar to get the lug bolts off that side the dealer worked on. The tire dealer did not have an impact wrench that would break the lug bolts loose. >> These things never come off without a struggle. I ended up grinding >> the stubborn heads off with a Dremel and replacing the bolts when the [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >>>> can also weld a steel bar across the top of the head to allow you to >>>> turn the head easier Locktite can be removed by heating with a torch. >I do vise grips and an allen wrench or triple square inside. The allen > wrench or triple square lets the vice grips only squish the bolt so [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >>>>> can also weld a steel bar across the top of the head to allow you to >>>>> turn the head easier |
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