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Two nights ago while torquing the bolts on the pressure plate I managed to strip one of them. I have no idea how I managed to do this since the tool was perfectly inserted and I was only torquing them to 25nm (Should be 23, but my wrench can't do 23...but that's another story).

After scouring the forum for advice I found in Eric_K's clutch replacement write up that he also stripped a flywheel bolt and used a bolt removal tool. I went to the tool shop and bought a set. Very nice bit of kit. But when I got under the car and tried to use the bolt remover I realised that there isn't enough space between the pressure plate and the bolt to get the tool in there. Naturally I was not happy with this at all, since the kit cost me €87 and the shop won't take it back because it is now used.

Today, being desperate, I expanded my search to the internet and read in a couple of places that you can create a very strong bond between metals with superglue/krazyglue. I did not really buy into it, but thought to myself that I have nothing to lose.

Tonight I got under the car with my trusty bottle of superglue and dabbed a bit onto the stripped bolt and inserted my tripple square tool. I waited a couple of seconds an added some more superglue around the tool where it met the bolt. I waited another two or three minutes and attempted to loosen the stripped and torqued bolt...

I couldn't believe my eyes, but the glue was strong enough for me to remove the stripped bolt!!!

So there you go. What sounded like a hair brained idea was a perfect solution. I just wanted to share this tip with all of you.

that is one of the most amazing products ever created - and to think it was originally invented to replace sutures - unfortunately it scarred too much, and so was not widely accepted

now, i understand that some places have re-implemented use of it

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Yeah - the surgery I went through last month used it to close me up.

I'm amazed that it worked. Its a great tip for all sorts of applications.

HA that's great. Krazy glue trumps duct tape. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

My daughter broke off the jack from a set of headphones that was plugged into her MacBook, and the Apple store told my wife there's no way to get it out, so a new motherboard would be needed (that'll be $800, please). So, like Johann, I scoured Google to see if there is any way to get the remnant of the jack out of there. The most popular solution was to place a very small dab of Krazy Glue onto the head of a toothpick or other small-diameter dowell, let it set, and pull it out. This apparently worked for several people. Turns out I didn't needed it, because I took the computer back to the store for a "second opinion," and the technicial was able to pull it out with a <i>very</i> small pair of tweezers, but if this hadn't have worked, I was prepared to try the Krazy Glue idea.

Sounds like a great way to get a stuck bolt out. Johann, were you able to unglue the bolt from the triple square tool once you got the bolt out?

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Just in case the bolt and tool was inseparable afterwards I used one of my older tools, but that was not necessary. It seems like the Superglue can handle quite a lot of power when unbolting something or pulling on something, but it doesn't seem to take it very well when you apply vertical force like when snapping a twig.

So the tool is back in the tool chest with some white residue, but still usable and the bolt in the recycling bin! It's almost like the stuff was made for this job!

fyi, heat (esp flame) destroys superglue (ie stove, torch, lighter, heat gun).

SG has very strong compressive strength, so it filled the voids and helped you remove the bolt. Obviously, it does not work well on smooth surfaces for tension.

Dermabond(and others), a variant of cyanoacrylate, is still used on skin

<!--quoteo(post=73660:date=Jun 10 2009, 09:54 PM:name=rustech)-->QUOTE (rustech @ Jun 10 2009, 09:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->fyi, heat (esp flame) destroys superglue (ie stove, torch, lighter, heat gun).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Thanks for the tip Rustech!