stripped hex bolt help

[mechdude12345]

I striped a hex 10mm hex bolt holding the cilinder header on a 98 dodge caravan 3.0L V6 engine with a torx socket What do I do to remove it?

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[crazymjb]

Im not sure what you mean by stripped the hex bolt with a torx socket? Torx is a male tool, you would have been using a "female" socket? Do you mean a 12pt socket vs. 6pt socket?

Either way, I havent been doing this stuff long enough to have picked up any techniques, but I would square it off with a dremel and use an open ended wrench to loosen it.

Mike

[BlueVanACD2005]

If there is enough room around the bolt, you can clamp a pair of vise grip pliers to it and
try to wiggle it loose. If the head of the bolt is rounded off too much to clamp on a pair,
You can create a large bead of metal on top of the bolt head with an arc welder, and then
use the pliers on the bead to try to break the bolt loose.

[damquick1]

go to sears and get a stripped bolt/nut remover set. It will be the best 30 dollars you'll ever spend