[DMCForum] Re: removing side skirts pain?

["silverdelorean2002" <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

dam this sounds like a pain in the ass. Im thinking of just breaking 
off the head and drilling the screws out and tapping new threads. I 
cant believe it. I have nearly taken out every bold out of the car 
and none were as hard to remove as these sam things,.

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski - DMC Ltd 
<martin@...> wrote:
>
> The problem is not the bolts themselves but the fact that if you 
do 
> manage to turn them, you'll spin the rivnuts in their holes. If 
you snap 
> them off, you'll have to drill out the rivnuts. It's the old 
> steel-in-ally argument.
> 
> I'm not recommending this but we cheated on 2727 (that's a 
friend's car, 
> not a customer's!) and drilled a set of new holes halfway between 
the 
> old ones, and installed new rivnuts.
> 
> Martin
> 
> Ryan Wright wrote:
> 
> >Ah, OK. Those are nice. I may have to buy me a set.
> >
> >As far as those rusted bolts go... have you tried PB Blaster?
> >
> >-Ryan
> >  
> >
>







 
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