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Old 11-19-2008, 10:06 AM   #1
HardcoreZ28
 
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Anyone ever weld a nut to a stripped bolt?

I was removing the front rotors off the wheel on my bike this week and two of the bolts were in so tight that the allen heads stripped right out of them. This was after I tried heating them to loosen up the loctite. Now I'm stuck trying to figure out how to remove them. I could attempt to drill them out but that's always a pain and you risk damaging the threads inside the hub.

I was thinking about trying to weld a nut to the head of the bolt and then just using a wrench to loosen it after. Has anyone ever done this? My biggest concern is the weld not being strong enough to keep from shearing apart before the bolt comes loose. It's a small area and the weld would have to be in the center of the nut because if I try to weld around the outside perimeter I run a very good risk of welding the whole bolt to the rotor.

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