Predator Corsa
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Registered: 29th Sep 03
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Im trying to remove my seat from my car and iv fucked the other bolt, by grounding the edges, so it is near a circle in the middle nd nothing to grip hold of. iv tried drilling but it wont drill any more.
Help
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Sidesport
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Registered: 25th Nov 03
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Right no need to panic....
If its a round bolt face...and you have just rounded off the inside no need to worry.....
If your taking the seats out of the car this method will still work.....
Look at this diagram i drew 
Basically file away to opposite sides then get a adjustible screwdriver on it and undo it!
Hope this works!
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LukeGSi
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Registered: 9th Dec 03
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WD40 
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Darren M
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Registered: 22nd Mar 01
Location: Luton : Drives : Vectra B Sri
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is it a allen key fastened....?
if so try and get a slightly bigger key, the next size up or try and find an imperial set and whack it with a hammer.
you might get enough meat to undo it.
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Darren M
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Registered: 22nd Mar 01
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or do what sidesport said.........
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Twiggy
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Get an new car!
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AK
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Location: Aberdeen City
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gator grip....
better drill....
re-grind a 'key' on its head (but seeing as you have been drilling it may not be wise)
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Predator Corsa
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the bolt is in a grove so hard to get a file to do so, let alone a adjustable screwdriver. ill try it thou 2moz
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AK
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weld a socket on 
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Predator Corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam Kindness
weld a socket on [/quote
Good idea if i had a welder i would. 
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damocorsa
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Registered: 8th Nov 03
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Had the same problem gettin my seats out. I jus got a big drill and drilled the head off. Took time but came off in the end.
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Predator Corsa
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i think my drill maybe a bit crap, just wont drill anymore :@
[Edited on 26-01-2005 by Drive Fast Live Young]
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damocorsa
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The drill bit mite be blunt
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AdiSRI
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same trouble for me too, i stopped before i killed the bolt completely tho, and being gentle i managed to get it undone finally with loads of WD40 and anbout 5 hours lol.
get a new drill bit and have another go, ure gonna need to drill it
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dave17
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quote:
Originally posted by Drive Fast Live Young
i think my drill maybe a bit crap, just wont drill anymore :@
[Edited on 26-01-2005 by Drive Fast Live Young]
is it plugged in?
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infinitycorsa
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I had the same problem :S
This took me ages to sort out.
I tryed allsorts to get this bolt out, it came down to it i had to drull the bolt out..... u wont do this with a normal hand drill u will need a drill which u can either hold upright and leave drilling, i.e walk away because the bolts are hardened it took me a good 2 hrs or so to get mine out :S..
If i had to do it again id drill the head of the screw off, grind the rest of the bolt to the floor.... then use the drill again to get it out, start with small drills and work your way up. :S
U really do need a fixed drill for this as this is no easy task to keep the presure on drill with out sliping :S
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