Posted on under Life by Owen Conti.
I recently bought a 2004 Jeep TJ. Being that the vehicle is now 20 years old, it's no surprise that some of the bolts are starting to rust. I was removing the roof rack that came on the Jeep when I started to strip a couple of the allen bolts. After trying a few different methods, I finally found a way to remove the stripped allen bolts.
It turns out you can use a torx bit to remove a stripped allen bolt. The torx bit is a 6-pointed star-shaped bit that fits into the head of the allen bolt. The torx bit is slightly larger than the allen bolt, so it can grip onto the bolt and turn it. I threw a torx bit into my drill and was able to remove the stripped allen bolts with ease.
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