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Originally Posted by monocoque
I've been removing floor bolts the most difficult way possible. I've been using an angle grinder to grind off the heads. This creates a lot of smoke and during the process requires wearing safety glasses and a particle mask. Usually my eyes are watering and I'm holding my breath to avoid inhaling the smoke created by the grinder contacting the wooden floor.  A friend watching this process suggested that I get a 1/2 drill, one with a lot of torque, and back these phillips head self tapping bolts out mechanically. Somewhere I read that these floor bolts are bent back under the frame but I have found most of them unbent. I've tried to back these out by hand but the majority of them are frozen tight. Is there an easier way? |
I have seen people use a hole saw to cut around the bolt heads. You cut around the bolt heads, remove the floor and grind/cut the heads off after you have 99% of the floor out.
I had bolts. Yes they were bent over underneath. I laid under the trailer and broke them off with a wrench and a breaker bar. On the ones that I couldn't remove that way, I cut them off with a grinder equipped with a cutting wheel.
