How to Remove Torx (Star) bolts/screws | 4 WAYS | WELD NUT GUARANTEED | Stripped Rusted Stuck Frozen

How to remove the most stubborn damaged or stuck bolts, including Torx (Star) head bolts.
Three common methods that may work are briefly discussed (vice grips and different extraction tools), and a GUARANTEED method to remove the most stubborn, rusted, stuck bolts, is shown in complete detail (welder required - weld a nut onto the bolt head). Also, how to prevent stuck Torx bolts from ever happening again is shown as well (replace with hex head bolts and anti-seize)! Lets remove some Torx bolts!

1. Vice Grips or Channel locks
4. GUARANTEED* Weld a nut (welder required)

This was one of the very first videos that I made. I know its not the best, but just trying to share information to help someone out. I plan to remake it in the future.

Another method to remove stripped head bolts is here (cut a slot):

See the slingshot build here:

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[HowtoandReviewsOfficial]

This was one of the very first videos that I made. I know that it progresses slowly, and isn’t the best; no filming equipment and out of my comfort zone. But, I just dove in and was trying to share helpful information to help people out.
I plan to remake this video at a faster pace with much more detail in the future.!

[mostafael-masri]

not applicable if the surrounding of the bolt is narrow, plastic or sensitive ...

[rschneid]

I have replaced multiple torx bolt with regular 10 mm bolts for car parts I remove and reinstall on a regular basis. So much easier to repeatedly loosen and tighten back to spec !

[fatherofkids]

Mine is between the firewall and the engine and there is barely enough room to fit a socket. Why would you use torx bolts on a car engine, especially on an intake? I wish engine designers had to work on them.

[Jeef]

Super helpful
Always works I got this junk out of my jeep

[allthetech]

Get on with it!!! (read with Monte Python enthusiasm).. You could have saved me 8 min and just said "weld a nut". JFC..

[lebergerdesphotons]

can't use hex head bolts where you need the flat head because of clearance of objects needing to be bolted on top.

[ZloBN]

Now I need a welder and a slingshot :D

[ZloBN]

That's the right way to deal with torx bolts lol I just hate them. Have never had any problem with usual hex bolts

[UTKZ]

Instead of welding, what about liquid weld or super strength epoxy? Might work if the bolt is not rusted or stuck super, super tight...just a thought.

[BruceWillisiscool]

What if it smaller? Like T10? One on my gun is basically just a circle now with no teeth.

[Reynaga]

Welded nuts

That’s what happens when I sit in my hot car seat ..

[AlwaysDiagnoseVehicleFirst]

Good Morning my friend and nice to meet you! I love this video its great and very detailed. Im trying to remove 2 cylinder block drain plugs to drain out old contaminated coolant on my 2003 dodge caravan se and i cant remove them at all its tough.

[moderngod]

got a T40 on my thermostat housing with a fuel line right above it. Well here goes all my money and my weeky paycheck .

[bryanmckune]

I have a torex on my radiator fans that I can’t get off and I’ve tried a few things even the dremel but there’s nothing else I can think of doing and I can’t weld it because it’s stuck under my car, do you have any ideas?

[Sleepyjo]

Might have just saved my car, got sum torx screws rusted n chewed up holding my crank gear for the timing belt which I have to removed to change the serpentine

[frieza]

What are your thoughts on drilling a hole, thread tapping it, finding a grade 5 or grade 8 bolt with matching threads, and red locktite it together?

[Mikkall]

Well done. I'm about to slingshot my neighbors entire car for similar reasons

[TJsVette]

So I have a stripped out inverted 12mm hex head bolt that it completely stripped. There is no room to weld anything to the top and I don't know what to use to get it out.

I felt the bolt pop when I went to take it off but right after the bar slipped and now all it does is spin on the inside.

What do you suggest I use to get this bolt out? It is literally the last bolt to remove to take the head off the engine to replace my head gasket.

[noahmcc]

this fucking works… i was replacing my conductor plate on my benzo and the last bolt stripped on the first turn then i went to a bigger hex then to a grinder and then hopped on youtube… use a vg or wire cutter and hold on tight and twist 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 ty yt