I am trying to replace a u-joint on my front drive shaft. I was removing the drive shaft and I stripped one of the torx bolts. I don't know what to do. I tried drilling it, but it is in such an odd place, I can't do much. I have heard you can cut a slot in the head an use a screw driver to remove the bolt. I don't have anything to cut a slot with. I'm stuck. Can anyone give me some advice. My truck is stuck where it is until I get the bolt out.

 

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did it shear off or just srip the head?

have you tried poundin on a smaller socket??

 

can you cut the head off with a hack saw and then use an easy out once the drive lines out of the way

 

It just stripped the head, but its not an ordinary bolt. Its takes a T40 star type socket to remove it. I'll see if I can find the camera. Thanks.

 

I'll try to see if I can cut the head off.

 

Kevin, he said its a torx screw If you can get your hands on an angle drill, that would be your best bet. I just had a similar situation a yesterday with my dirt bike engine on the crank case, those jap geniuses decided to use Phillips head bolts. It wasn't in an awkward position like yours, but I just drilled off the heads then once I got the cover off, I was able to back the bolts out with vise grips.

 

Is there any way that I can disassemble the front u-joint so that I would have more room to work. I'm not sure what holds the u-joint in. There are some small pieces of plastic sticking out of the u-joints. There are no c-clips like there are on most u-joints. It looks like the pieces of plastic go all the way through and hold the u-joint. Does it have to be melted or something? Thanks for the help.

 

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you guys seen these u joint up grades?

no strap, u-bolts instead...