Stripped pressure plate bolts HELP!!!

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a30mayne
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Car: 1994 Nissan 240sx Vert

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Okay so I'm in the middle of swapping out my cluth for my sr20 and I got the trans off with no issues. The problem I'm stuck on now is that while I was taking off my pressure plate, 4 of the bolts came of with ease but 2 of them are stripped and really really tight on there. They are the "Allen" type hex bolts. Anyone have any tips on how to get these bad boys out? I've heard that if you just drill the bolt heads off it will come off, but then I'll have an issue with the threads still being in my flywheel. Anyways, any tips/tricks would be appreciated. Thanks.


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Hijacker
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When I have rounded out hex bolts, I try to hammer a torx socket into the bolt.

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Craftsman has a nice set of bolt easy outs that go around the rounded bolt heads. They work pretty well, and aren't too expensive.


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