Stripped Threaded Roll Pin

[Dave550]

Stripped the hex head on the threaded roll pin on my bolt catch. Aero M5.
I tried a ball tip Allen wrench, and tried a screw extractor. Neither worked and now it’s super-stripped. Any advice on getting this thing out? Not sure why they make these out of such soft metal. It stripped way too easily.
Thanks

 

[4ssss]

Try tapping the bolt head with the ball end of a ball peen hammer to get the metal where the socket is to tighten up. Then get a soldering iron and heat up the bolt as best you could and screw it out. Good luck.

 

[Hood886]

Worse case just drill it out and make it into a standard roll pin. Doubt it would even be oversized. Would probably need an extra long bit to do the trick.

 

[cmshoot]

Bring it over to my shop in Dallas and I’ll get it out while you wait.

 

[Dave550]

Bring it over to my shop in Dallas and I’ll get it out while you wait.

What’s the name of your shop?

 

[cmshoot]

What’s the name of your shop?

My basement.

 

[1006]

You could try a reverse threaded drill bit of appropriate size—you just want it to bite into the interior of the roll pin to try and twist it out—no drill, just vise grips.

 

[cmshoot]

Ain’t the first one of these I’ve seen stripped. I dislike this feature.

 

[cmshoot]

My basement.

It’s not dungeony at all.

 

[charlie hotel lima]

A threaded roll pin ? Is this something new ? Or am I something old ?