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Old 06-11-2021, 02:43 AM
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Neva gonna happen. The spring nut and bolt are fused as one. It's likely the exact pair I just had to saw off to remove my bumper cover.

The screw extractor won't help the screw turns just fine, the problem is the nut also turns.

If you can get behind with vice grip to hold the spring nut there is a time honored tradition with fused bolts on cars (especially with exhaust clamps); turn clockwise!

With bolts 8mm and smaller it's often a lot easier to turn the bolt/nut clockwise to remove it.

I'm never going to reuse an exhaust clamp bolt so about 1/2 to 1 turn clockwise is usually enough to pop the head off the bolt. The same can work on this if you can get behind with a vice grip to hold the spring nut.

If it's a sheet metal screw vs. machine screw like mine were, those will almost always come out once you can stop the spin.

If it's a machine screw forget about it; Neva coming out, cut it out.
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