Hex bolt socket stuck in Vortex

[cobravenom39]

My buddy and I were putting on my vortex frame sliders last night, and I decided it would be a good idea to torque down the aluminum puck into the frame slider with a torque wrench. Well I stripped out the puck attachment and now the hex socket is stuck in it. WTF am I supposed to do now??? I'm screwed!!! The actual socket is loose and can be jiggled, and I was doing that for about 3 hours until 11pm when I went to bed.

Any advice appreciated!!!

 

[heavybusa]

 

[omslaw]

Any chance that you can get an 8mm hex thru there to remove the mounting bolt; remove the two pieces as one?

 

[Vic_E55_2001]

Let`s see it, make a picture.

 

[Professor]

Drill the head on the bolt. Start off with about a .180" and get progressively larger until the head comes off of it. Then you can pull the slider and remove the panel.

 

[omslaw]

Drill the head on the bolt. Start off with about a .180" and get progressively larger until the head comes off of it. Then you can pull the slider and remove the panel.

Not sure that will work...

The Vortex sliders are a two-piece unit. An aluminum base that bolts to the motor mount locations, using an 8mm hex head and a 'puck' (in his case aluminum) that attaches to the base using a 10mm hex head. The 10mm bolt is about 3/4" diameter and hollow, IIRC.

If I'm understanding his post, it's the puck attachment bolt that's stripped. Actually, I bet the base is stripped, since it's aluminum.

I *think* he can get an 8mm allen wrench thru the hollow puck bolt and just remove the motor mount bolt and the entire slider assembly...


Here's a pic of the slider with the bolt in it - it's easily visible in the red one:

 

[cobravenom39]

No, the whole socket was blocking everything. I took it to my buddys shop today and spent his whole lunch break jiggling it loose. Thanks for you suggestions, guys, but case closed!!!

Oh, and my dump as won't be torquing aluminum anymore.