Edtay

Im in the process of trying to remove the transmission on a 1986 944 and it looks like the 12 point internals were impacted in, so the heads of em are toast. Any suggestions on what to do now?

Edtay

thirdgenbird

He forgot to tell you it is about 100 degrees and we are in the driveway.

Has anyone drilled out the head? We are ok with not saving the axles if it comes to that.

arthropraxis

Drill through the side of the head, put a nail or something in the hole going through both sides of the head and tap it with a hammer until it starts turning.

Edtay

based on experience?

V2Rocket

you can try using a slightly larger (probably SAE) hex or cheesehead if you can find one and hammer it in.

alternatively you can find these screw extractor things that have a backwards twist on them, hammer them in and then use a wrench to loosen.

jeffrsmith

You can get a set of them from Sears for around $20.

arthropraxis

If that was directed at me, yes. I had to do that to get one of mine out after stripping the cheesehead with an ill fitting socket from 944online. I tried everything else and drilling it through was the only thing that worked and was the quickest way.

nathan232

What i managed to do was use a pair of decent size vice-grips and take them out. i had about 6 that were all rusty and stripped and with a little force came right out with the vice-grips

-Nate

944_S_TYPE

Small tack weld the cheesehead or hex to the bolt... If you had to do all that wat it would take forever...

plyhammer

Grind them off from the side of the head. There is a piece of metal that connects two bolts so if you are careful you won't need to replace the axles, just the spacers. Done this about 100 times.

thirdgenbird

I'm leaning to grinding flats on them and then taking a vicegrip to them. Can you get ahold of a grinder?

Edtay

Ill try to track one down. Yet lets avoid this problem on the other car

royalschwarz

I always go straight to the ez-outs from Sears. I've never had luck using the cheesehead bits or vise-grips. Just tap the ez-out on and they come right off with a wrench or socket.

thirdgenbird

ive done this 3 times and never had an issue. then again, i am pretty sure mine were not near as tight and my triple square bit seems to fit a little tighter. you may want to try the ez-out as described above. ive used them in the past with some pretty large hardware and they do work quite well. if it works it would be much quicker than trying to use vice grips and wont put the axles at risk. they may be in better condition than your other car.

Crimson Nape Racing

I did this a couple years ago and it worked fine - just slow. I only had 1 that was stripped, the rest were fine. I still have the bolt on my bookshelf in my office! Good Luck.