Originally Posted by infestedguy1
sorry, shouldve clarified, the allen head socket is stripped. the threads and all are fine, just useless since i can't get a wrench to take the bolt out. so yeah, the head socket itself is messed up.
Before you do anything invasive, try a brand new allen wrench. That'll work more often than you'd think. Throw your old allen wrench away because it's worn out and will continue to round out more bolts every time that you use it.