Bolt Removal

[muddywater]

Do you guys have any tricks for getting all the screws and bolts out? I just finished grinding a perfectly good marinium cleat almost in half as well as 3 fittings for a perfectly good bow rail that I was going to give to anyone who wanted it, just to get some stupid bolts out. I don't know if they epoxied the freakin nuts on there or what. We broke a phillips screwdriver head in half on one before breaking out cobalt drill bits, bolt removers, propane torch, et cetera and finally resorted to the grinder when all else failed. I'm sure you all have noticed that you can't just grind the bolt off from the bottom because there is not enough room for a sawzall, grinder, dremel, or hacksaw. I guess there was one thing I did not try, which was penetrating catalyst because it has never worked on anything else I have tried it on.

Oh yeah, and does anybody have a clue how to get off Perko rod holders that appear to have nuts on the bottom (but there is no access)? Will I be grinding those off too?

It looks like the liner might have to come out. While I was climbing out of the boat today, the gunnel split longitudinally along one of the many stress cracks which appear to have been caused by the screws in the hull-to-cap joint. I am really trying put off taking the liner out for a while if at all possible though.

Thanks!!!