# 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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**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-ideas-to-remove-a-bolt-with-a-rounded-socket-head/52403/26 "2008-07-31T10:47:36Z")

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> [@JayS](#):
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> Not a fan of ez-outs. You’re taking something that was stuck bad enough to strip in the first place and risking snapping off a metal device harder than any known drill bit in the hole.
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> If the head stripped because the wrong sized wrench was used maybe, because it might back out easily.

I just snapped a big ole ez-out the other day. I gave up and bought a new part. Not worth fucking with after a while.

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