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spitfire06

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87 posts

221 months

Tuesday 21st October 2008
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I wonder if someone could give some advice please.I have a defective abs sensor.Nine times out of ten this would be a simple job.However when I tried to remove the old sensor some clown had been
there before me and managed to round off the inside of the allen key bolt that holds on the sensor.So I was wondering if anybody had any ideas how to remove the old sensor.

dan101smith

17,050 posts

240 months

Tuesday 21st October 2008
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Drill it out? Tack a bolt head onto what's left and use that to remove it?

Mroad

829 posts

244 months

Tuesday 21st October 2008
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All depends what tools you have and the access to the screw.
Try hammering a tight fitting torx head socket bit into it and then undoing it, that usually works for me.

roofer

5,136 posts

240 months

Tuesday 21st October 2008
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9 times out of 10, the sensor is seized in anyway, get the drill out.