hi guys.... i snapped a bolt . the bolt has to be extracted as it is in the engine block and connects exhaust to it. i drilled a hole and tried to use expensive extractor (after crc and heat treatment) but was to hard on it and snapped. So now i have a bolt amputee with reinforcing core in it..... tried to drill it again but just scratched the extractor end is it a way to a press drill or something can be done on spot? Thanx
to swampy........sorry i did not understand what you meant to T Bear....... dont really want to remove engine if i dont have to the snapped piece stuck really really hard and flash with the bolt. you can see it only by different color.... the steel it is made is very hard.....it was 36 nzd extractor set....... so do i have to remove engine or something can be done on spot? Thanx
It sounds like its going to be a struggle and the engine may have to come out to give room and to see whats going on. The extractor may rotate out if you can get on the end of it, long nose pliers, cir-clip pliers or even taping it with a pin punch. Remember it will loosen the opposite way to a bolt and may only need a 1/4 turn to come loose. The next option is a bit crude but the extractor is brittle so it may shatter bit by bit if tapped with a punch, the broken bits will then come out using a piece of wire or maybe with a magnet. Be careful not to cause more harm than good. Once out you are back where you started. The extractors tend to expand the threads so they can make the bolt even tighter, the square shaped ones seen better than the helical ones.
to superjetx............thanx mate........cant pick it with anything.....it is flash with bolt..... will try to shatter it...... how about heating it up and slowly cooling to make softer? would it work? A press drill would help or special diamond drill bit? actually it was not a bolt.... it was double end threaded rod...... if nothing works should i just weld another one? thanx guys for an output
Patience not brute force, be bloody careful. They put up a fight for ages then come out easy. I don't think heat is an option as the alloy casing and stud are both softer. I have seen bit extractors in catalogs but never in the flesh, these may be an option
FOR FUCKSAKE do you want help or not take the fuckin motor out and i will get the bolt out for you You can put posts up here all day but its not going to get the bolt out as for team arsshole you leave yourself wide open to the comments and if you actually took some of there advise sometimes instead of thinking there just wankers the world would be a better place (maybe they are wankers sometimes)but when your ski is broken and you are getting pounded by the surf they will be the first guys there to help you out
$37 for a set! yeah that'll snap. engine out, high speed grind or weld to remove easy out, drill to remove bolt, then helicoil. it's not like it's hard to remove an engine. the magic product you're looking for to solve your problem is....... WORK. you'll never forum post it out.
you guys should stop giving him ideas if he was CAREFUL he wouldnt have broken the stud or the easy out dude let me know if you need help or not i do this sort of shit all the time (fixing other peoples mistakes )
I'm sitting here in Las Vegas reading this and pissing myself laughing. This is great entertainment !!! The yank's would love this shit-perhaps make it into a reality TV show haha
to T Bear thanx mate. what time is good for you? i work untill 4.30 ...... what beer do you drink? and i did not snap the bolt.......... it snapped itself and started pissing water in the hull badly. for those who think it is a lost cause to give people advises.......how we suppose to learn in a first place? THINK
