Steering column removal

[Poooobaa]

Can anyone enlighten me as how to remove the two bolts at the top and under the dash? They have no head to grip just a cone shaped head. I am trying to get the pedal set out but need more access to the bolts. Thanks in advance.

[DesktopDave]

You'll need a chisel & hammer to carefully beat them out.  Notch them then smack them tangentially  to rotate them out.  I was thinking an easy-out might do it too, but that's a lot of drilling.

The bolts are designed to shear when installed for some asinine Bavarian reason that's beyond my understanding.  You can steal the car with a paperclip and a bent coat hangar, but they're worried about someone dropping the column for maintenance, WTF?

[gearheadE30]

Take a pneumatic cutoff wheel and slot it, and use a giant screwdriver and a pair of vicegrips to turn it. They are a pain, but if worst comes to worst you can just cut the heads off.