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Dyer864
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Hi All ! :(

 

Bought some bottom boot/tailgate rubbers off ebay last week, as mine were perished and thought this could contribute to the squeak i had in the back, thanks to Sauron saying that there's a set on ebay with allen key bolts to attach to rear wing as the phillips heads are a f***er to get out !!

 

And guess wot , they are a F***er to get out, couldn't budge them , Wd40'd them over night ( slight movement ) a hacksawed very cearefully a groove thro the head of the screw to get a flat head screwdriver in as i rounded the phillips head very easily , and guess wot !

YES i turned it and the head come off the screw:(

 

Now i'm f***ed , no boot rubbers and a broken screw with no head !

 

Any ideas , looks like drilling it out, but cos of the boot rubber is higher it's awkward to get at :search:

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i know its to late but there are a few threads on how to get them out as they are glued in and heat is needed to break the bond.

cut off all the rubber this leaves an oval plate , get a heat source of some kind be carefull with the bodywork , i used a small blow torch with a point atatchment so got the heat in on top of the screw two minutes and they were out

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Well after the advice i got on here, i got the soldering iron out whilst dodging the s***e weather we're aving and heated the screws up , whilst getting the oval plate out of the way first as it was a pain to get the maul grips on , and after a few attempts BINGO !! got them to undo, and the one screw with half a head on , came out easy enough as there was enough of it left to get the maulers on . and fitted the new ones in 5mins , alot easier with the allen type screw to put on ;)

 

Thanks guys for the info :ok: !

 

(didn't think there would be a search on these on how to get out, cos it looks so easy , but nothing easy for me , sure i got a big S**t cloud over me when i do a bit of diy )

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:(

 

Should have used a bit of heat mate, seems to be the best way of getting the buggers out.

 

Changed mine today :) Thought I'd try the hard way first. Soldering iron wasn't enough, got the impact driver out for a little gentle persuasion, still nothing. Tried to chisel the side of the head in an attempt to knock it round...screw just laughed...

 

Off to halfrauds to get a blow torch, 20 bucks and 5 minutes later...voila!

 

Heat is definately the way to do these without a doubt!

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