LSD Half Shaft Bolts
Moderator: martauto
Im trying to remove the two half shafts off my LSD. The problem is two of the Torx bolts (one each side) are badly rusted and after trying all types of sockets including the irwin bolt grip set they will not budge and now I cant get anything to bite on the bolts at all. Anybody got any ideas for a diy mechanic as im pretty stuck...
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Use an angle grinder to grind the heads of the bolts. Once the shafts are off the remainder of the bolts should come out easily with a pair of mole grips.
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Had this problem on Monday! Angle grinder dealt with the bolt head (there's a crescent shaped double ended washer that stops you grinding into the flange), but I still couldn't shift the bolt remains with any kind of grips.
Flipped the whole drive flange out of the side of the diff with a tyre lever, held the bolt in a vice, and tapped the flange around it with a hammer.
Flipped the whole drive flange out of the side of the diff with a tyre lever, held the bolt in a vice, and tapped the flange around it with a hammer.
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Don't 'dis' Gary Grinder he is a trusty companion and far more fun than a sabre sawwillnz wrote:Man's best friend is a sabre saw... less sparks than a grinder...

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That'll be where Freddie the fire extinguisher comes in to the gamewillnz wrote:Sabre saw has never set fire to my overalls.....SPADGE wrote:Don't 'dis' Gary Grinder he is a trusty companion and far more fun than a sabre sawwillnz wrote:Man's best friend is a sabre saw... less sparks than a grinder...it is fun trying to extinguish a smoldering leg on an overall

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Brianmoooore wrote: Flipped the whole drive flange out of the side of the diff with a tyre lever, held the bolt in a vice, and tapped the flange around it with a hammer.