If you ground off the bolt head, can you still get the plate off? If
so, then soak it down and if you have enough bolt shank there, you
might be able to get it with vise-grips, gently wiggling the bolt back
and forth always advancing the the direction of removal. work it untill
it starts to snug, then reverse, then advance till it stops, then
reverse, but easily keep going forward with it, and when you take the
bolt back in, be sure it's still wet with oil.


wrote:
well, I got back on monday from a week long jaunt down to San Diego,
and tried to remove the bolt again today.

Drilled a hole in it, and put in a extractor...and subsequently broke
the extractor (apparently it was a pos).

So, against what is my personal preference and probably not terribly
wise, I ground down the bolt head (altho made very little damage in the
process) and re-soaked the bolt with PB blaster.

But tomorrow I'm going away for a trip to eastern oregon, so I can't do
anything on it for a while.

when I get it off, and replaced/fixed, I'll let you all know. Thanks
for the advice too.