How to remove this bolt

[rick3000]

If I recall correctly the cowl screws go into arubber expansion nut. You can reach under the cowl from the center (battery opening) and hold the nut to unscrew it, or just pull it out without unscrewing anything. The rubber expansion nut does not fit tightly into the body, and if it is spinning it needs to be replaced anyway, just yank it out. It should just pull straight up with minimal force. I don't even bother with the screws anymore, I consider the rubber expansion nut a plug, and just press it into the correct opening when I remove/install the cowl.

[tonythetiger]

Originally Posted by rick3000

If I recall correctly the cowl screws go into arubber expansion nut. You can reach under the cowl from the center (battery opening) and hold the nut to unscrew it, or just pull it out without unscrewing anything. The rubber expansion nut does not fit tightly into the body, and if it is spinning it needs to be replaced anyway, just yank it out. It should just pull straight up with minimal force. I don't even bother with the screws anymore, I consider the rubber expansion nut a plug, and just press it into the correct opening when I remove/install the cowl.

this is correct, it is a rubber expansion nut. they corrode and often wont come loose after a few years. Carefully pry it out and replace with new expansion nut. maybe try some anti-seize next time around.

[Lapister]

Thanks MWS, you are the winner! Actually applied the method but I wasn't pulling hard enough on the panel. Oh and thanks for not letting semantics get in the way. Bolt vs Screw! Yadayada.

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by Lapister

Thanks MWS, you are the winner! Actually applied the method but I wasn't pulling hard enough on the panel. Oh and thanks for not letting semantics get in the way. Bolt vs Screw! Yadayada.

LOL! Surely if you've been under the hood you know semantics are everything. When you've a handful of bolts and screws...

[MWS]

Originally Posted by Starter986

LOL! Surely if you've been under the hood you know semantics are everything. When you've a handful of bolts and screws...

Ok, your right. However....if you (somehow) put a nut on a woodscrew, does it make it a bolt, or just a a woodscrew with a nut on it? Lol.

I guess I'd argue that a "bolt" is any threaded thing with a nut on it and a screw is any threaded shaft...so I suppose that technically a bolt without nut is just a screw, likewise if you have a bolt with a nut on it in your hand and unscrew it you would have a nut in one hand and a screw in another....technically.

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by MWS

Ok, your right. However....if you (somehow) put a nut on a woodscrew, does it make it a bolt, or just a a woodscrew with a nut on it? Lol.

I guess I'd argue that a "bolt" is any threaded thing with a nut on it and a screw is any threaded shaft...so I suppose that technically a bolt without nut is just a screw, likewise if you have a bolt with a nut on it in your hand and unscrew it you would have a nut in one hand and a screw in another....technically.

OK. I'm sold.