Removing a stuck countersunk…?

[PushedDover]

Before I go and make an arse of things......
Your top tips please.

A series of M5 countersunk allen key bolts are holding my Steering wheel on.
All were wound tight. two are now rounded off.

How would you go about removing ??

(pics can be posted if needed etc.)

[dudleybloke]

Use a centrepunch and hammer and tap it undone.

[ARHarh]

easy to drill out as it already has a center for the drill to use.

[ReverendCounter]

If they're loctited in, get some heat on the head. Ideally the tip of a soldering iron, not a flame. Loctite will soften and turn back to a liquid at a certain temperature.

Experiment with hammering the next size up torx bit into the fastener and see if it'll bite into the head and let you unscrew it.

What about these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184474333713?epid=23042...LEAAOSwGihfeaFn&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoKS%2FaPIsG3F8oq748tB6vP3cs5ol9MzI4W8ltqd6Xn204PYW08TEckdVu1nX%2F%2F96kVW%2FRFvhV7H2P15o36aoRegtvRlcpqmiH6N3z38VTX96gvGnA7f6ltkpjpE0Zs%2Fn6Cu%2FWe51bJs1pVjHYrXCusAmE9090vIGZRnFpL9NMFtra02SN1nGDB0ks5bfAyU5YBQLjzrTwol7s09MGND2cwU%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8jQm6vtYA

Edited by ReverendCounter on Friday 23 September 15:16

[PushedDover]

All good ones to consider. Drilling is my last resort I was thinking, so the non destructive ideas are good.
New bolts in the post, so all will be replaced in due course.

[PushedDover]

ReverendCounter said:

What about these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184474333713?epid=23042...LEAAOSwGihfeaFn&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoKS%2FaPIsG3F8oq748tB6vP3cs5ol9MzI4W8ltqd6Xn204PYW08TEckdVu1nX%2F%2F96kVW%2FRFvhV7H2P15o36aoRegtvRlcpqmiH6N3z38VTX96gvGnA7f6ltkpjpE0Zs%2Fn6Cu%2FWe51bJs1pVjHYrXCusAmE9090vIGZRnFpL9NMFtra02SN1nGDB0ks5bfAyU5YBQLjzrTwol7s09MGND2cwU%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8jQm6vtYA

Yes. I've similar that is in the 'last resort tent'

[jimwilli]

I sometimes grind a slot into screw head and use a flat screwdriver but you do end up damaging around the screw head. I do it when screws are rounded off in hinges on doors

[ARHarh]

No just drill it, if you break a hardened tool of any kind in it and it gets stuck you will not be able to drill it out. 5 mins with a drill and its done.

[GreenV8S]

I would drill it as a first resort.

[E-bmw]

Try hammering in a torx bit that is a tight fit.

[dudleybloke]

Few taps anticlockwise with a punch or chisel will have it free in seconds.

[Krikkit]

E-bmw said:

Try hammering in a torx bit that is a tight fit.

This first, then drill

[Demelitia]

If you’ve not got the bolts out by the time the new ones turn up, install new ones in the other holes and torque them down properly with a good quality tool. Hopefully that might take the tension of the knackered ones slightly and give you a little bit more of a chance.

[DickyC]

Krikkit said:

E-bmw said:

Try hammering in a torx bit that is a tight fit.

This first, then drill

Hammering on a steering wheel?

No, don't think so. Drill.

[chrisch77]

Stud extractor kit:
LH drill first, and if that doesn’t bring the remains of the bolt out then resort to the stud extractor in the kit.

[InitialDave]

I had to deal with this a few months ago. I just drilled them.

[Collectingbrass]

Demelitia said:

If you’ve not got the bolts out by the time the new ones turn up, install new ones in the other holes and torque them down properly with a good quality tool. Hopefully that might take the tension of the knackered ones slightly and give you a little bit more of a chance.

This all day

[President Merkin]

Not sure I'd go with it on a steering wheel but the single best tool I've ever owned for shifting bolts is my cheap impact driver. Nothing else I've tried comes close for effeciveness.

Edited by President Merkin on Saturday 24th September 08:02

[Pica-Pica]

President Merkin said:

Not sure I'd go with it on a steering wheel but the single best tool I've ever owned for shifting bolts is my cheap impact driver. Nothing else I've tried comes close for effeciveness.

Edited by President Merkin on Saturday 24th September 08:02

Agreed. I still have mine in a box, at the back of the shed somewhere - long time since I have used it these days.
Here it is:

Edited by Pica-Pica on Saturday 24th September 12:45

[Pica-Pica]

The first action on any situation like this (especially plastic trim clips), is
BUY REPLACEMENT FIXINGS FIRST !!!