Stripped screw head on thermostat :(

[Sami]

Anything I can do to get the screw off? Never going to get a pair of mole grips in there and the screw head is pretty stripped

 

[Matbrown]

Drill or file/grind the head, then remove the rest of the bolts followed by the stat housing, you will then be able to get some grips on the remaining screw.



Mat.

 

[Sami]

Yeah sounds like a plan, dont think id get a drill in there though, its the bottom left screw right near the air box! Not even sure about a file!

 

[Lunner]

If you can get a dremel or similar in tehre and cut a slot accross teh head and use a slotted screw driver.

Hammer a smaller socket over teh head if you can.

Machine mart sell reverse glute sockets designed to grip a rounded off nut (or i this case rounded head bolt) and undo it

 

[Guy]

you dont have much luck do you mate?? reminds me of my days doing work on my car..

and still actually
nothing ever goes right when i try.

 

[BRUN]

If you can get a dremel or similar in tehre and cut a slot accross teh head and use a slotted screw driver.

thats what i did with mine, in fact it was me who gave Lunner that method, i had 2 fucked bolts and it worked with 1 of em, the other it didnt so i just cut the cut off it completely

the stat housing is quite thick so u have loads of thread left wen u take it off, and you can then get mole grips in it, or cut a slot in it as i did

new bolts are very cheap from Renault and will probably come as a normal hex head bolt, mine did

 

[BRUN]

oh and you NEED to take the airbox off to get proper access, doesnt take a minute though

 

[Lunner]

thats what i did with mine, in fact it was me who gave Lunner that method, i had 2 f**ked bolts and it worked with 1 of em, the other it didnt so i just cut the cut off it completely

the stat housing is quite thick so u have loads of thread left wen u take it off, and you can then get mole grips in it, or cut a slot in it as i did

new bolts are very cheap from Renault and will probably come as a normal hex head bolt, mine did

LOL....been using that method for ages mate

 

[Sami]

Good call people, I didn't think of any of those! And whats a reverse glute socket? :S

 

[Sami]

you dont have much luck do you mate?? reminds me of my days doing work on my car..

and still actually
nothing ever goes right when i try.

Lol no I think the last muppet who worked on the car went round with a torque gun on maximum setting and did up all the bolts!

Then to top it off the radiator bleed valve was on so tight I had to get mole grips on it, then it oh so nicely snapped off onto the grips

 

[Lunner]

sorry reverse flute socket, machine mart sell them in sets, imperial and metric