I’m trying to remove my car door latch and it is held on by three T30 torx bolts. I got two of them out but the last one is stripped or something. When I put my torx bit on it and turn it, there is some space on the head (near edges) so it doesn’t really turn the bolt. It keeps falling out, if you k…

I think the JB Weld idea would work. Let it harden for a few days first. If waiting that long is too inconvenient, drilling the screw out, or removing the head and pushing the rest out, would work, but might damage the hole’s threads. New hole threads can be made of course. But I think what I’d …

Is it a bolt or a screw? [Capture] All the door latches I’ve worked on were held in with counter sunk screws.

[image] Nevada_545: Drill into the screw head with a 1/4" drill bit, the head will come off the screw in about 60 seconds If you use a left hand drill bit, the stub will likely come out, too.

If it is on the latch I suspect it is a round head or flat head screw, not knowing what latch means. If it is a round head, you might be able to pound one of those extractors like tester has to get a grip on it. If flat head or alternative, you can drill into the center and use an extractor. They…

Sounds like a big project, would anyone go through that much trouble to save a damaged bolt? After drilling the head from the bolt, the bolt can be removed using a locking jaw pliers, after the latch is removed from the door. However, a new latch comes with new holes. [image]

You could try an impact driver, just be careful not to damage the door… If I couldn’t get a bite on the bolt/screw, then I would use a left handed drill bit, the bit will most likely catch/grab the screw and turn it out… as stated above…

Hard to do on a counter sunk screw without cutting the door…

[image] Nevada_545: [why] would anyone go through that much trouble to save a damaged bolt? It depends where the threaded hole is located. If part of the car, OP would prefer to avoid damaging that hole. If threaded hole is part of the latch, then no worries about damaging the bolt.

I’m usually leery of Harbor Freight’s quality, but this set did the trick for me on a tough broken bolt just a few days ago.

How to remove stripped torx bolt?

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George_San_Jose1 May 12, 2023, 10:50pm 10

If a small screw , I’ve used a dremmel to make a deep slot on the head, then removed the screw with a blade-type screwdriver.

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How to remove stripped torx bolt?

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