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trim tab removal
wrote in message ... On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:58:25 GMT, "Jim" wrote: wrote in message . .. On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:42:19 GMT, "James" wrote: Mine is an allen head bolt. Is it stripped out where an allen wrench would go in? Those are pretty hard to strip. Maybe you can hammer a big torque bit into it. "basskisser" wrote in message egroups.com... let wrote: Trying to replace trim tab on mercruiser outdrive. 5/16 bolt stripped by last owner. Any ideas how to get it out. Thanks If you mean that the head is rounded off, as opposed to the threads being stripped, Craftsman makes a set of sockets that work on rounded heads. Yes it's the 5/16 allen head bolt that stripped. Kinda hard to get at.Maybe a long drill to drill it out? How does the lower housing drop without removing this bolt? Sorry 1st time boat owner know nothing about outdrives,but eager to learn. Thanks again No No on drilling it out, It's stainless. Sometimes the allen socket on these screws fill up with crud. You can scrape the crud out with a special crud removing tool. If you don't have the special tool, a #1 long blade screw driver will do. Jim Allen wrench fits in (no crud) Inside edges of allen bolt rounded so wrench just turns inside head. Doesn't a "cobalt drill bit" drill stainless? Thanks for your help Drilling is a last resort. I would try the next size allen wrench, and try a metric wrench to see if that works with a little forcing. Grind down a bigger wrench to fit the hole, and before drilling, take a dremel tool and cut flats on the bolt head and use a wrench. Soak it with with some PB Blaster before trying remove. |
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