Ruined Disc Torx bolt - Best way to remove?

AmDaMan · 26 Apr 2006 at 01:21

Hey up, I'm just getting the bits ready for the 285mm brake conversion on the clio, but thinking ahead I know there is a knackered torx bolt on one of the discs! The head is totally ruined so i'm wondering which is the best way to sort this out or i'm not going to get very far am I

I bought a screw extractor today but I was thinking it may be a bit hard to drill in the centre of what's already a small bolt! So is there anotherway around this?

Thanks.

-westy- · 26 Apr 2006 at 01:38

So you need to get the screw/bolt out?

grind a slot in the head of it and use a big screwdriver to wind it out

benjo plz. · 26 Apr 2006 at 01:43

It's a bolt attaching the rotor to the hub right?

neil-ste · 26 Apr 2006 at 02:10

Drill it out, they're ot 100% needed anyway.

benjo plz. · 26 Apr 2006 at 02:11

neil-ste said:
Drill it out, they're ot 100% needed anyway.

Yeh, thats what I was going to suggest. It'll either fall apart, or you might have to tap it out.

Mickey_D · 26 Apr 2006 at 08:06

If it's not a recessed bolt, can you grind the head off the bolt, take the part off that it's holding, then grasp the remaining shaft of the bolt with a pair of mole grips?

And if it's a recessed bolt, drill the head off it so that only the shaft of the bolt is remaining, take the part it's holding off.....

AmDaMan · 26 Apr 2006 at 16:15

Cheers for the help.

Yeah it's the little torx bolt holding the disc to the hub. If I drilled the head off would the disc still pull out?

Thanks,

Guybrush · 26 Apr 2006 at 17:26

I just chisel them round matey

Gixer · 26 Apr 2006 at 17:31

Impact driver!!

Have them on my 306 too. I got it out easy with an impact driver and philips head adapter. Just keep hitting it and it will free up