Problem removing battery

I'm trying to get the battery out. There's a white plastic clamp holding it down which is fixed with a 13mm headed bolt. The bolt is just turning, not loosening. I can just about reach the back of the bolt and it feels like it taps into the plastic, there is no nut. Tried a little bit of brute force without any luck. Anyone with a clever idea?

pressure from screw driver as you turn it, or burn it

Hi, I had the same problem with mine, its a captivated nut (moulded into the plastic underneath), it is also not a normal hexagonal nut its circular with groves to hold its self in the plastic (difficult to explain but you will see when you get it out). I ended up drilling the head of the bolt off and then removing the clamp.

I then removed the entire tray to get access to the underneath and replaced the circular nut with a conventional hex nut, then re-assembled with a new bolt.

Thanks chaps. I've just finished drilling the head off. A bit awkward to the drill it straight but got through in the end. The tray is out ready to fixed with something better.

After having removed the remains of the captive nut a "J" type roofing bolt makes a good replacement. Nut on top obviously.

Allan

That's pretty much what I did. I used a bent bit of studding and nut. All fixed now

What a nightmare! Got it done thanks to landyzone.

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