driver 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

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toxicneon
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No loctite is used there. Use a sharp chisel and hamer. Eventually they give up....

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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

"toxicneon" schreef in bericht news: snipped-for-privacy@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 >

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dave AKA vwdoc1

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

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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 >

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