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Had adventerous weekend- installed popcharger, Ztube, and rear spoiler on wifes car- my first car mods- wheeee!!
Also thought it would look SLICK to remove access to drivers side keyhold in the door handle. Got the chrome escuthion (sp?) thingy & proper torx-30 tool. Removed lock assembly with no problem. While installing torx bolt back at the end, I SNAPPED OFF THE [email protected]^#$! HEAD of the bolt. Then, just to make things worse, while I was CAREFULLY trying to pull the bolt head out of the access hole on the side of the door, of course, it fell down into the door. I can hear that little sucker at the bottem.
So... Dispite a number of hours of trying to grab the bolt head with a magnet (I can grab it but not slide it up to hole), I turn here for advice:
1) Am I gonna end up taking the whole &[email protected]* door off so I can turn it upside down and shake the bolt head out of the access hole? Any thoughts about getting it out?
2) Now I have a decapitated torx bolt installed, keeping the door lock/handle assembly in there. ANyone have experiance removing decapitated bolts? I have a drill bit that supposedly will get it out, but because the bolt is behind the little access hole (about an inch into the door), I get the feeling that removal is a one shot deal- should I take that sucker into a body shop and them them wail on it?
Thanks in advance for advice...
Also thought it would look SLICK to remove access to drivers side keyhold in the door handle. Got the chrome escuthion (sp?) thingy & proper torx-30 tool. Removed lock assembly with no problem. While installing torx bolt back at the end, I SNAPPED OFF THE [email protected]^#$! HEAD of the bolt. Then, just to make things worse, while I was CAREFULLY trying to pull the bolt head out of the access hole on the side of the door, of course, it fell down into the door. I can hear that little sucker at the bottem.
So... Dispite a number of hours of trying to grab the bolt head with a magnet (I can grab it but not slide it up to hole), I turn here for advice:
1) Am I gonna end up taking the whole &[email protected]* door off so I can turn it upside down and shake the bolt head out of the access hole? Any thoughts about getting it out?
2) Now I have a decapitated torx bolt installed, keeping the door lock/handle assembly in there. ANyone have experiance removing decapitated bolts? I have a drill bit that supposedly will get it out, but because the bolt is behind the little access hole (about an inch into the door), I get the feeling that removal is a one shot deal- should I take that sucker into a body shop and them them wail on it?
Thanks in advance for advice...
