I'm totally screwed. The bolts that hold my propeller shaft to the differential are all messed up. It looks like someone has stripped and i was worried about stripping them myself. Does anyone have an idea how to get the bolts out. I thought about cutting a slot in the end with a die grinder but wondering what ideas you have. I'm freaking out because my differential comes tomorrow and i want to be able to ship my core out right away.

 

I've heard you can grind the head completely off or i've actually used grip pliers to remove my damaged ones.

 

VISE-GRIP Brand name locking pliers. no other will do

 

 

Been here before, I took my Dremel and ground flat spots on the bolt heads and then used the vise grip method to remove them - I hope I dont get flamed but I used the bolts again

 

I unbolted the driveshaft from the transmission and dropped the driveshaft and diff out together. Once out, I cut off the fouled heads with a dremel and cutoff wheel. Once you pry the clip off the headless bolt, you can unscrew it by hand. There are pics in my thread in the Carolinas forum.

 

Come on man, buy some new bolts.

 

Just happened to me. The shop welded some hex bolts to the old bolts and got them out that way.

 

got em out with vise grips and the allen wrench together. Just went to honda today to order new bolts. $27. My diff. is suppose to be delivered today so i should have it on by the weekend.