|
Register or Log In To remove these advertisements. |
|
|
|
|||||||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
|
11-12-2018, 10:56 PM
|
#1 |
|
Moderator
 
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Cherryville, NC
Posts: 2,169
|
Re: Removing 31 year old hub cap bolts.
Too late now, but for future reference....
Grab yourself a large diameter brass drift, around 3/4 in diameter and about 6" in length. Place the drift against the head of the allen bolt and smack it really hard with a substantial hammer...you may have to hit it several times... Then using a hammer driven impact with a hardened allen bit of the correct size, first tighten the bolt with one smack, then loosen the bolt.... Used this technique for 30 years...have never had one not come out... 
__________________
Family and country before all others... 2006 Chevy Silverado (Daily Driver) 2012 Chevy Equinox 
|
|
|
|
11-15-2018, 01:45 PM
|
#2 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Ionia, MI
Posts: 199
|
Re: Removing 31 year old hub cap bolts.
Hit the cap with a rubber hammer then went to town hitting the bit with a 3lb then back to the rubber. Then I tried it and it stripped.
Decided to replace the spindles and do new hubs and waiting till after Thanksgiving do do them
__________________
1991 Metro commuter 1991 s10 future project truck 1987 V10 backup daily/junk truck 1985 K20 Winter beater 1991 R30(squarebody) c/c flatbed towrig 1994 s10 80"wb custom build |
|
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
