center console problem

[cornfed85]

i have a 91 civic hatch and when i went to do my 5 speed swap taking the console out around the shifter/e brake the bolts siezed up and i broke a screwdriver and stripped the screws...any advice to get them out? or will i have to cut em off and drill them out then half ass replace with nuts and bolts?

 

[daveholiday]

I had the bolt for my cam gear break on my turbo cam, snapped right off, I used this stuff I got at autozone called easy out, only because I didn't feel like drilling it out. thats the best advice I have

 

[namesaj]

hit them hard with an anti seize agent (liquid wrench, wd40 whatever) and let it sit for a few hours, and hit them again.
get a high grade steel screw driver (flat blade)
grind the end so its sharp
place the screw driver in the stripped area
hit the back of the screw driver with a hammer to drive the blade into the metal heaad of the screw
apply as much downward pressure as possible and twist.

otherwise, youre redrilling =p

 

[cornfed85]

im just going to take my dremel tool and work em over ill probably end up cuttin the heads off and drilling them out...then running bolts up from underneath...and put a nut on them with the center colsole...whatever works....ive tried pb blaster...wd40 all kinds of stuff...if pb blaster wont get it nothin ive ever had will...

 

[invisibledemon]

if the bolt heads are still on then use the dremel tool with a small cutting disk and cut a slit in the top of the bolt. and presto: instant flat head bolt. hit it with antisieze and screw it out.