Broke a BOLT! Help
#2
RE: Broke a BOLT! Help
Hello
Sorry about your problem. I would drill a some hole in the middle of the bolt. Use a center punch to start. Then go to the next size up till it gets loose then remove. Be careful not to damage the threads. Also use a magnet to catch the filings.
GO SLOW.
Good luck!
TommyC
Sorry about your problem. I would drill a some hole in the middle of the bolt. Use a center punch to start. Then go to the next size up till it gets loose then remove. Be careful not to damage the threads. Also use a magnet to catch the filings.
GO SLOW.
Good luck!
TommyC
#3
RE: Broke a BOLT! Help
Good advice. easy outs work well too. I just had a similar issue with a cylinder head bolt, found a tool (set) that is like an easy out only it goes on the outside of the stripped bolt - pretty neat - you would use an easy out on your broken bolt.
Or you could take the rest of the bolts out and remove the pump, then take a vice grip to the exposed stud of the bolt.
Or you could take the rest of the bolts out and remove the pump, then take a vice grip to the exposed stud of the bolt.
#4
RE: Broke a BOLT! Help
It also makes a difference whether the bolt snapped while removing (rusted in place), or while tightening (over-zealous wrencher). If while tightening, the bolt could still be loose in the threads and might be able to be turned with a sharp center punch and hammer.
#5
RE: Broke a BOLT! Help
Good Grief!! My thread extractor broke whileI was tightening it! Now I gotta drill that out! Black andDecker kit NOT recommended!
Bolt 1st broke while I was removing it. Its rusted in place.
Bolt 1st broke while I was removing it. Its rusted in place.
#6
RE: Broke a BOLT! Help
Good luck with that. The extractors are made of hardned steel and a ***** to drill out. You may have to invest in a solid carbide drill (not a carbide tipped one made to drill into concrete).
#8
RE: Broke a BOLT! Help
ORIGINAL: Alih
always remember to go counter clockwise when loosening bolts, and when tightening a bolt, you tighten until the head breaks off then back off a quarter turn.
always remember to go counter clockwise when loosening bolts, and when tightening a bolt, you tighten until the head breaks off then back off a quarter turn.
#9
RE: Broke a BOLT! Help
ORIGINAL: z28pete
Good luck with that. The extractors are made of hardned steel and a ***** to drill out. You may have to invest in a solid carbide drill (not a carbide tipped one made to drill into concrete).
Good luck with that. The extractors are made of hardned steel and a ***** to drill out. You may have to invest in a solid carbide drill (not a carbide tipped one made to drill into concrete).
Iinstead I useda 5/16 drill bit to make a clean and square path for a 3/8die and just cleaned the the female threads as I slowly turned the die with some cutting oil. Super clean and no damage to the female threads.
I never planned on spending the better half of this week replacing my water pump!
Its the original water pump based on the #'s. Its now an awkward paper weight.