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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 12:54 PM
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How to remove hatch to hinge bolt

One of the plastic caps broke off my hatch to hinge bolts and I bought as replacement but o
Upon trying to remove the bolt, it just keeps spinning the whole bolt, what can I do to remove this? I sPrayed it down with wd
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 03:31 PM
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Re: How to remove hatch to hinge bolt

on removing old ones,i use a large vise grip on the head .works everytime!
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 04:28 PM
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Re: How to remove hatch to hinge bolt

But I can't get a good grip on the head since the covers gone
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 10:17 PM
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Re: How to remove hatch to hinge bolt

anyone
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 01:22 PM
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Re: How to remove hatch to hinge bolt

Originally Posted by evilemokid94
But I can't get a good grip on the head since the covers gone
yes you can. mine were a rusted mess ,what i did was wrap the jaws of my vicegrip with tape,and carefully clamped the sucker down tight,you dont have much room to work and they will probably pop off a time or two,but it can be done
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 06:55 AM
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Re: How to remove hatch to hinge bolt

Don't take chance on breaking glass as I have seen happen, go to napa and get yourself a quality nut buster, put it on the nut not the round, you'll have it off in 5 minutes.
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