[TR] Damn! TR6 Windshield Bracket Bolts

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If you do drill it, use a left-handed drill (don't forget to put your drill motor in reverse).

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L   1979 Caterham 7
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----- Dave1massey at cs.com wrote:

> From: Dave1massey at cs.com
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:30:16 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [TR] Damn! TR6 Windshield Bracket Bolts
>
> In a message dated 7/20/2009 9:40:33 AM Central Daylight Time, 
> wsb1960tr3a at att.net writes: 
> >      Judging by the lack of response (none), I think that I am in
> real 
> > trouble
> > on this. Surely someone else has had this! How did you do it?
> >      My backup plan is that maybe I can cut off the bolt head and
> then 
> > drill
> > out the bolt shank, which will destroy the caged nut and then put in
> a 
> > longer
> > bolt with a regular nut on the end of it.
> >      Does anyone else have a better idea? This SOB bolt has me
> talking in 
> > my
> > sleep.
> > 
> Bill, I recall that you were going to remove the heater and clamp onto
> the 
> nut with Vice Grips or something.  I can't come up with anything
> better.  
> I've done that with fender bolts on my TR3 with pretty good results.
> 
> As for drilling it out, how are you going to do that if it is
> spinning?  I 
> guess you could clamp onto it with vice grips but then you may as well
> try 
> to back it out.  Soak it really thoroughly with Kroil or PB Blaster
> and wire 
> brush the end of the bolt as best you can to improve the odds of
> getting it 
> out.
> 
> Dave