Steven,
I have a dremel and think I will try notching the heads of the bolts to
use a flat blade screwdriver to help them out. My car certainly is far
from original and I will be replacing the sheer bolts with something a
little more practical. Looks like my schedule will allow me to have
fun again on Friday evening or Saturday. I hope the next post seen
about this is one about success.
Thanks for the help.
Aaron
Aaron Cropley
71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
http://www.triumphowners.com/108
Topsham, Maine
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Newell <steven@newellboys.com>
To: triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 08:51:37 -0600
Subject: Re: TR6 Steering Column (sheer bolt removal)
acekraut11@aol.com wrote:
> At this point the next step will be to remove the whole column and >
work on it outside the car. Unfortunately, my car does have the sheer >
bolts. I guess Triumph was afraid the car might be stolen? I have >
read the description in Bentley of how to remove these, which was to >
use a small chisel to remove the sheer bolts which sounds like sheer >
nonsense since you would have to be doing the work through the tach >
opening. Certainly not much room for that. If that doesnt work they >
want you to drill the bolts out. Not sure how you are supposed to do >
that under the dash. Any brilliant, simple suggestions.
You have to give them credit, the idea was to make it hard to remove,
and they work as designed. I've removed a number of sheer bolts from
various old BMW's. First time I used the pointy-awl-and-wee-hammer
method, but after that I bought my lovely wife Pam a dremel tool for
Christmas. Next time I used her dremel tool to cut a slot in the 'head'
of the bolt. Then I easily unscrewed the bolt, starting with a
gently-applied impact driver if necessary. Now I just take a flatbed
and haul the whole car away, where it's easier to tear apart in my chop
sh... never mind.
If you are going to try the chisel method, first get an awl instead.
Drill a couple tiny, shallow holes in the head of the sheer bolt on
opposite sides of the bolt head. These will hold the tip of an awl so
it has something to grip as you tap.
xxxxxx xxxxxx
Littleton, CO USA
'62 TR4 x 2
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