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any tips on spinning nut/bolt removal on 240 headlight??? 200 1986

posted by  Bram Smits on  Sun Apr 20 13:52 CST 2003
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How much do you care about the headlight housing? The problem is that this bolt is pretty much a press fit into a hex recession in the housing, so once that rounds out the bolt will turn.

I used to either grind them off (risks nicking the backing plate), take a big pry bar and just break the housing (risks bending the backing plate). Nowadays I usually grab a propane torch and heat that bolt up until the plastic of the housing surrounding it melts a bit and I can pull the bolt through the housing. Stinks a bit and may put soot on or remove some of the paint of the backing plate, but no lasting damage (except, obviously, to the housing which will now have a bolt-head-sized hole in it).

If you need replacement headlights contact me off-list, I can do you a pretty good deal on E-codes.

Bram






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