# need ideas to remove a bolt with a rounded socket head?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [July 30, 2008, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-ideas-to-remove-a-bolt-with-a-rounded-socket-head/52403 "2008-07-30T09:53:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-ideas-to-remove-a-bolt-with-a-rounded-socket-head/52403/24 "2008-07-31T07:10:28Z")

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I ran into pretty much the same problem with a coilover allen head (which is recessed into the collar like a motherfucker). I thought long and hard about it and thought about how much work I wanted to put into a $30 part. I ended up drilling it out completely and retapping for a slightly larger thread size.

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