Have a major issue
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Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Sacramento, California
YOu know if you had a dremel tool with a steel cutter you could grind a slot into the bolt and then use a screwdriver to remove it. I highly suggest putting a small towel below the area where you removed the bolt to catch metal debris, regardless of using a dremel or drilling a hole into the bolt and using a screw extractor...If the bolt sticks out behind the nut you could buy a mini visegrip plier and grab the threads and continue screwing it out the back side of the mounting nut.....Good luck
CL Community Team
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From: Austin, TX
Thanks again for the help. I went to BestBuy and scheduled an appointment with them for them to install. I have found out that I should not mess around with my car. 
If I showed someone at say AutoZone the type of bolt I have (through one of the extra ones I have), do you think they would be able to replace it? I don't expect them to give me the SAME bolt as before but will they be able to give me something similar? Thanks again for the help, as usual.
If I showed someone at say AutoZone the type of bolt I have (through one of the extra ones I have), do you think they would be able to replace it? I don't expect them to give me the SAME bolt as before but will they be able to give me something similar? Thanks again for the help, as usual.I would go to a local hardware store and go through their "metric" bolt offerings. You can even check local nut and bolt supply shop. Depending on how much room you have in the back of the hole, you can use longer bolts. You can cut a bolt to size too. Just make sure you buy a nut and thread it past the cut point. The idea is that you would use the nut, as you remove it, to clean out the cut.
Salim
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From: VA
Anyone who has performed a DIY job of any magnitude, has had a situation where....OH SH%$...are you kidding me!
When you are upside down and side ways-Even which way to turn a bolt can get confusing.
Where would we be without these forums!...?
When you are upside down and side ways-Even which way to turn a bolt can get confusing.
Where would we be without these forums!...?
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Joined: Apr 2007
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From: GA
Now I understand how the bolt broke. You were probably not knowledgeable enough to do this DIY. But seriously after you remove the radio, it was simply pug and play and the putting the unit back. You had the thing torn apart already. A bolt remover would have simply removed the bolt head (then again you might have a more serious mishap).
I recently installed a VAIS adapter myself.
Good luck.
I recently installed a VAIS adapter myself.
Good luck.
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