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      04-06-2024, 08:14 PM   #1
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Help. Spinning square nut nightmare during headlight removal

Hope some can help me here as I’m in a jam

I’m swapping over rhd to LHD headlights and I’d watched so many videos I was familiar with all the 8mm and T30 etc. got the bumper off in 20 minutes. Happy days.

The nightmare started with the under headlight bolt assembly that have a square 10mm nut that is loctite to the torx 30 and just spins

I got one off with a long nose pliers but no matter what I do the other one won’t budge.

My last idea is to drill off the top of the T30 and then replace the entire nut and bolt assembly.

I’m in Germany so not a single shop open on a Sunday. If I had a dremel I’d have it off by now but I’ve only got a standard drill with new drill bits.

Photos below show the head of the bolt I want to drill off

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