Roof rack, plastic bolt snapped

[mattwlkr]

Hello,

ive tried fitting a roof rack but the plastic screw that was under the putty has snapped while trying to unscrew it. Any ideas to get this out?

thanks,

[JW1982]

Heat up a screwdriver and push it into the remainings of the plastic plug. After the screw driver has cooled down the remainings of the plastic plug can easily be removed. I have used this method lots of times.

Note that the holes must be sealed if no roofrack is installed to prevent water ingress and to protect the threading in the roof. I always use stainless steel allen bolts and non hardening liquid gasket to seal the holes. 

[mattwlkr]

11 minutes ago, JW1982 said:

Heat up a screwdriver and push it into the remainings of the plastic plug. After the screw driver has cooled down the remainings of the plastic plug can easily be removed. I have used this method lots of times.

Note that the holes must be sealed if no roofrack is installed to prevent water ingress and to protect the threading in the roof. I always use stainless steel allen bolts and non hardening liquid gasket to seal the holes. 

Great I’ll try this tomorrow 👍

[mattwlkr]

On 24/03/2018 at 4:56 PM, JW1982 said:

Heat up a screwdriver and push it into the remainings of the plastic plug. After the screw driver has cooled down the remainings of the plastic plug can easily be removed. I have used this method lots of times.

Note that the holes must be sealed if no roofrack is installed to prevent water ingress and to protect the threading in the roof. I always use stainless steel allen bolts and non hardening liquid gasket to seal the holes. 

Sorted, came out with a blowtorch and screwdriver.

the other two came out fine and the last didn’t even have a bolt.