I only wish it had been that simple. I definitely tried jacking it to all kinds of different points and tapping. I cannot understand what could have made this happen.

 

Hey, good idea. I will try that.

 

There is no way that woulda worked on mine. It was like WELDED into the knuckle... there would be no pulling it out.

 

Yeah, it will not work for me either. My latest idea is to cut the bot in pieces, get my giant flat-head tool (It's not really a screwdriver at its size) between the sections, and lever it apart with some pipe on the end. Also use butane torch, since my PB Blaster is gone.

 

Why havent you drilled it yet? jeez.

 

I'm a *****.

 

 

Okay seriously... Get a grinder, or a saw... and cut the bolt in the 2 places you can see it. A grinder would be best, because you could likely cut 1/8th of an inch out of the bolt.

Then use a BFH and a punch, and see if you can move that little stub of a bolt that 1/8th of an inch. If you can, you MIGHT be in business. Moving it AT ALL signals a victory.

 

I just worked on it for about an hour and a half. One bolt was dremeled almost all the way through, and I twisted the head off, leaving about 3 inches of stuck bolt that will have to meet the drill. The other one I was able to twist all the way around after heating it and yanking for about 45mins, until the head got completely stripped. It's nice and smooth all the way around now. [:-]I don't currently have a vice grip set up in my new garage, but when I do that one will pop out with some BFH/punch coercion.

The grinder will be employed on the bolt whose head is severed. Progress, my friend.

 

your gonna hate me but a tap tap here and a tap tap there and mine fell out like a hotdog through a b-ball hoop