big uh-oh stripped head bolt

[scherger_16]

so im taking apart my motor to rebuild it and every thing is going good untill i get to the 6th head bolt i went to loosen it and ended up stripping the 10mm allen key head bolt what can i do

[chaosli]

drill out the top of the bolt so its not holding the head and continue witht the rest of the bolts.

take the head off and use a vice grip to get the rest of the bolts out.

buy some apr head stud or brand new head bolts when you put it back togather.

[speedeast]

Easy... use a bolt extractor:

http://www.irwin.com/irwin/con...00512

They sell them at your local hardware or auto parts store.

[scherger_16]

ya that what i figured just thought id cheak first and ya im gonna do the arp head studs a full motor build pistons rods and the whole 9 yards

[speedeast]

Well Good Luck! Keep us in the know.