Shear bolt!!
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Theres a couple of shear bolts holding on various bits around the steering column/pedal box area.

Im trying to take the pedal box out and the only thing holding it in now is a tab slotted in the forked end of the pedal box assy and bolted to the bottom dash rail with a shear bolt.

Is the nut on the other side of this tab (on the top side underneath the bottom dash rail) a captive nut? As i cannot for the life of me get that bastard loose!! Has anyone else taken this shear bolt out? If so how the hell did you do it lol!

Why use shear bolts anyway? Just a royal pain the arse when you want them off arrrgh!

Rich

yes its a captive nut if its the one i'm thinking off. try the end with the sheared off bit. usually some good pliers or put a nick in it usually helps.

They're not normally that tight.

Worst comes too just drill the head off, its not made of particularly strong metal!

or use a chisel to "tap" it undone

I did mine and it was a right ballache, i ended up using a dremel to cut off the domed head, took about an hour lying on my back for the both of em.

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Hi,
Usually a good smack with a chisel will do the job, they're usually finger tight after that...
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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These bolts are one of the few places that easy-outs are useful as they just need 'cracking' usually.

Get the thing drilled!