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…

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.

I was wondering where they’d have left hand drill bits.

Is there something in the bolt that keeps the torx bit from going down all the way? It’s hard to strip a torx bolt when the bit is pushed in properly and it is the right size.

I forgot to add some pictures yesterday. I think it is a round head torx screw. I’m trying to change the door latch and this last torx screw is the only thing holding it in. I got the other 2 screws out. The problem is that when I put torx bit/socket on it and try to unscrew it by turning it, my tor…

Tap on one of the extractors in the kit I showed and the screw will come out. [The Easiest Way to Remove a Broken Bolt or Rounded Bolt Head - Screw & Bolt Extractor Kits] Tester

I am not sure if extractor works for this top screw because it kinda curves up right near the screw. Don’t you have to put the extractor on the screw and push it all the way down? If you look at the picture, on the right side of the screw, it kinda curves up.

How to remove stripped torx bolt?

Maintenance/Repairs

TwinTurbo May 13, 2023, 1:51pm 17

I’d suggest posting a picture of the fastener head so people can give more specific advice.

Once you experience breaking off, or worse yet, shattering an EZ-Out, you look at them in a different light from that point forward.

Topic		Replies	Views
Stripped Torx Tricky Place — Help! Maintenance/Repairs volkswagen	2	699	June 24, 2019
Broken hex bolt removal Maintenance/Repairs	26	5398	November 4, 2013
Recomended tools to remove a bolt with a snaped head? General Discussion	45	7491	February 24, 2017
Idle control valve bolt seems to be stripped not sure what to do Maintenance/Repairs bmw , 330	51	11689	November 1, 2016
Snapped a T40 star bit Maintenance/Repairs dodge , magnum	14	5464	July 9, 2020

How to remove stripped torx bolt?

Related topics