Crash Bar Removal: Torque nut stripped

[Bschurr]

@Richtor The easiest fix for a stripped TP40 bolt head is to use a T45 socket and hammer it into the stripped TP40 bolt head and then use an impact wrench for removal.

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[Brian_B]

Thanks, drilling is the only way?

Bolt extractor is probably the easiest way. Sometimes those will fit without needing to drill out the head.

Maybe not the only method - sometimes you can put a bit of valve grinding compound and get just enough stick to get it to back out. Or sometimes use a sacrificial allen key or something - hammer it in and get it to hold well enough to back out.

But bolt extractor is usually a sure thing.

 

[Bugkillah]

Did you also try spraying the screw with penetrating oil?

 

[Richtor]

Did you also try spraying the screw with penetrating oil?

No, I did not hear anyone say that when taking off end caps. I stripped it by hand too. It is damn tight.

 

[Brian_B]

PB Blaster is amazing stuff. I'll usually go to that before I break out the cheater bar - since the cheater bar has a 50% mortality rate with bolts. And if I do kill the bolt, PB Blaster is the very next thing I reach for before getting the extractor kit out.

 

[Lotus Dave]

I prefer Kroil:

https://www.kroil.com/

 

[Sparkie]

RIP @Tricky Dick

Uh oh.
@Tricky Dick is gone?!
What did I miss last night?

 

[Sparkie]

You should be using a TP40, which is a torx plus. They’re close, but they are different and using the wrong once can cause issues like you ran into.

Thanks for yet-another-lesson in tools and Broncos.

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