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Old Nov 20, 2014 | 10:20 AM
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Thanks Alain
 
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Old Nov 20, 2014 | 08:42 PM
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I would take a dremel tool with a cut off blade and grind/cut a slit in the middle of the bolt. Then use a flat head screw driver to take it our. Ive done this multiple times and it's the easiest way.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2014 | 12:36 AM
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Prayers for your mother.

Lots of great ideas and sugestions, but your going to need some heat to break loose that damn yellow loc tite HD uses. A soldering iron works really good to apply direct heat to the bolt. Heat guns and torches can mess up paint really fast.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2014 | 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Misbehaven
Prayers for your mother.

Lots of great ideas and sugestions, but your going to need some heat to break loose that damn yellow loc tite HD uses. A soldering iron works really good to apply direct heat to the bolt. Heat guns and torches can mess up paint really fast.
That soldering iron idea is a good one. I'd be really uneasy about putting heat from a heat gun or torch near paint.

If that soldering iron gets that bolt hot enough it'll cause it to expand. Once it cools off it'll shrink and hopefully make it easier to get out.
 
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