Seat bolts: need helping identifying head type - Toyota Yaris Forums

sh0rtlife · 04-25-2023, 11:35 PM

id actualy reccomend filing the edges down and see if you can find a 6point metric or SAE socket that you can hammer onto it after filing it down a bit

now i say this as it has been a old fall back trick of mine for decades...but also....if the bolt is semi frozen in the threads drilling it and going the extractor route can actualy be HELL....and should only be used on broken bolts..as its kinda a last resort ...i had a frozen thread one on the rear seat top driver wheel well end, i personaly stripped it with the torx, then filed and beat a socket onto it and could feel the bolt trying to give up and snap..so i started working it back n forth a little at a time IE 1/8th turn..and eventuraly thought id free-d it ..got it half way out only to have the head snap....vise grips on the remaining threads again working it back n forth with kroil(pb blaster works almost as good) before finaly getting it out....

basicly what you have to realize is if its something like stuck threads that caused the head strip you need to be prepared to do the long work instead of just going extractor..as you may break off the extractor in the hole you drilled making a whole new problem for yourself

if you do go the extractor route...do yourself a favor and drill it out as close to the thread size as you can..this way the chances of snapping the extracor is minimized

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04-25-2023, 11:35 PM	#7
sh0rtlife Drives: 2007 5dr canadian import Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: pacific north WET Posts: 1,025	id actualy reccomend filing the edges down and see if you can find a 6point metric or SAE socket that you can hammer onto it after filing it down a bit now i say this as it has been a old fall back trick of mine for decades...but also....if the bolt is semi frozen in the threads drilling it and going the extractor route can actualy be HELL....and should only be used on broken bolts..as its kinda a last resort ...i had a frozen thread one on the rear seat top driver wheel well end, i personaly stripped it with the torx, then filed and beat a socket onto it and could feel the bolt trying to give up and snap..so i started working it back n forth a little at a time IE 1/8th turn..and eventuraly thought id free-d it ..got it half way out only to have the head snap....vise grips on the remaining threads again working it back n forth with kroil(pb blaster works almost as good) before finaly getting it out.... basicly what you have to realize is if its something like stuck threads that caused the head strip you need to be prepared to do the long work instead of just going extractor..as you may break off the extractor in the hole you drilled making a whole new problem for yourself if you do go the extractor route...do yourself a favor and drill it out as close to the thread size as you can..this way the chances of snapping the extracor is minimized