Anyone On the Southside have exerience with Rounded Allen Bolts?

[SaintsNSinners]

I have a rifle that the PO rounded out the allen key and I cant seem to get it loose. Anyone have experience removing a rounded allen key bolt?

If so anyone able to give me a hand getting the bolt out?

 

[iChokePeople]

Rounded the key? Not the hole? If it really is just the wrench... No can't be. I must have misunderstood.

Lots of options if you rounded the bolt. You can get a special drill bit that some call an easy out, the tip is like a screw with the threads reversed. Make a little starter hole with a small bit, then use that bit to remove it. Sometimes you can get them out by hammering in a standard screwdriver.

 

[SaintsNSinners]

sorry the hole in the bolt for the key is rounded the key is fine. I think the PO over torq'd the bolt down

 

[iChokePeople]

sorry the hole in the bolt for the key is rounded the key is fine. I think the PO over torq'd the bolt down

I'm nowhere near you to help. Go to menards or similar, ask for an easy out bit or screw extractor.

 

[Colt556]

Can you tap a larger Allen bit into the hole and then take it out? If the doesn't work you can cut a slot in it with a Dremel and use a screw driver to remove it. Can you grab the outside with a pair of vise grips? Just a few ideas....

 

[Cerberus]

Can you tap a larger Allen bit into the hole and then take it out? If the doesn't work you can cut a slot in it with a Dremel and use a screw driver to remove it. Can you grab the outside with a pair of vise grips? Just a few ideas....

All these work.

 

[SaintsNSinners]

Dont know about tapping a different Allen bit into it.,

But Dremel and vise grips are out, its set into a hole and not able to get either down to it without damaging the stock. My attempt at bedding the screw to an properly sized allen key has failed.

 

[J D]

Might try jb welding an old allen tip in the hole. Give it enough time to set up. I'd only do that as a last resort.

 

[SaintsNSinners]

tried the JB weld Idea, Its apparently torqued down to much the JB weld just kinda fell apart... I think Im going to chase down a left handed drill bit

 

[Colt556]

If you have one of those sets that has various sized screw driver and Allen bits just tap one of the bigger bits into it and then try to turn it out. I have several sets laying around here if you can't find one.

 

[Leadster]

I can't see for sure, it appears to be a Button Head Cap Screw, or BHCS.

Any Way, take a pin punch.

Get a hammer.

Put the pinpunch at an angle towards the edge of the bolt head.

Hit the bolt at an angle towards the Counter Clock wise position.

You might have to make a spot on edge before trying on angle.

Caution, don't go too close to edge.

If that fails, drill thru head with same size drill bit as bolt thread.

 

[iChokePeople]

Repeat.


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Times.

 

[straight-shooter]

Geez, talk about a lousy way of working up your post count for the classified. This takes the cake!

EDIT: DOH, i see it was fixed

 

[Remington1100]

Geez, talk about a lousy way of working up your post count for the classified. This takes the cake!

EDIT: DOH, i see it was fixed

I was thinking the same thing. OP if your don't want to damage the part the screw is holding on, I would not recommend using a punch to spin it out because if it slips you have a very nice scratch. As a former mechanic i know this all too well. Do like others have said and get an easy out or try tapping a slightly larger allen wrench into the screw and turning it out that way.

 

[Leadster]

I guess that is the differences of the bull that walked down the hill and the one that ran

 

[Colt556]

Hard to tell from the pic but is the head all chewed up? It looks like junk, you'd better just give that stock to me.

 

[atvdave]

If a E-Z out wont work, and if you can do it without damaging the stock. I'd take a dremel with a cut-off wheel and make cut big enough to fit a flat head screw driver. It must be a good straight cut.

Other than that I use heat, but that may not be a option in your case...

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Harbor freight has the easy outs for cheap. Menards and Lowes carry the easy outs too. Bad thing about most allen head screws is that they are hardened. It will burn out a few bits. Might as well buy extra drill bits for the job. If you don't have a grinding wheel to sharpen your drill bits. most of the time, easy outs are pot metal and don't take much torque. is there a way to heat the hole that the allen head is stuck in? if so, it will make the job easier than the easy out.

 

[SaintsNSinners]

Got it out...I love Torx,


I pounded a torx bit into it and then hit it with a rarchet and out it came....now I just need to order a new screw from Sage....

 

[Leadster]

You could try a masonry or carbide tipped drill bit, just to get thru the casing of the bolt, then move to a high speed drill bit. Once the head of the bolt pops off, the pressure will be off the threads and should come out easly.
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Great, sorry for the late post, glad you got it out.