boogered torx head bolt on bellhousing

[JHahn22@xxxxxxx]

Hello again everyone,
I'm in the process of removing the transmission for a clutch job on my 89 
325i, and I've got everything off except the bell housing bolts.  I broke one 
loose, although it required a lot of torque to do it, the second one I went 
after was the one all the way at the highest part of the bell housing.  
Unfortunately, I didn't have the socket seated all the way on the to the 
head, and when I torqued on it boogered up the splines of the bolt head 
pretty good.  I've spent all afternoon messing with it, and with a hack saw 
blade and a file, I think I've made some progress towards getting the socket 
to fit back on the bolt head.  I'm hoping there is enough of the head to get 
the sucker out once I clean it up.
As difficult as this sucker was to get to, I'm thinking I'm not the first one 
to do this.  Has anyone been there and gotten through it?  Care to tell me 
how you did it?
This has not been a fun day.
Thanks for any suggestions on this one,
Jake Hahn
89 325i
87 Alfa Spider  

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