I'm with Rick....The Sears kit is great. My wife bought me the set a few yrs ago..and they work very well. Mine requires a wrench to turn and can cause space limitations so if they have a set that connect to 3/8 or 1/2 drive ratchet that is the one to pick up. Walt http://www.personal.kent.edu/~wbainey/CHEVELLE.htm
>Anyway, Sears > has a bolt > extraction kit that may work for you. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, October 30, 2006 3:32 pm Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] stripped x-man bolts To: The Chevelle Mailing List <[email protected]> > What is an X-man bolt? Exhaust manifold?? Anyway, Sears > has a bolt > extraction kit that may work for you. Its like a socket with > teeth that > grips the head. > > On 10/30/06, John Nasta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > Any tips for getting out x-man bolts that have stripped heads? Is > > there a metric socket that I can jam on there, should I try a torch, > > or do you think maybe I should grind the heads off and then get the > > shafts out separately? I don't need to preserve the x-mans but I do > > need to get them off. > > > > Thanks, > > John Nasta > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Rick Schaefer > 72 TPI El Camino >
