Originally posted by MikeRJ
And then snap off flush in the bolt resulting in much swearing
whilst striping the front shocks on a sierra doner i have broken the bolt holding the shock into the hub ---
is there any easy way to get the broken bolt out there is nothing showing of the bolt so grips are out of the question
Q. can i just drill it ?
Q. is it yet another trip to the scrappy?
Q. should i find a big grinder and take it to the sierra (not much help but would make me feal better
Stud extractor.....usefull bit of kit...
GTO this happened to me all i did was drill the remainder of the bolt halfway through then treated it to a lot of heat and hammered the bastid out!
Sounds over the top but the thread was good for nothing as it had rusted so there was no more thread.
Cheers
James
If you can see any of it protruding weld anothern bolt onto the bit showing then unscrew it
if thats the bolt holding the mcphereson strut, then there is a gap which you can see the bolt thread through - why not hacksaw the bolt or cut it
with a grinder and remove it as two bits?
atb
steve
Go to Halfords, buy a set of easy outs (stud extractors). Basically you drill intot he end of the broken bolts, and the easy outs screw in with a left
hand thread then jam up (because they are tapered) then you carry on winding them and the bolt comes out!
Kind regards,
Darren
Go to a breakers yard & find a hub where the bolt comes out. Cost you about the same as a set of easy-outs, and a lot less stress.
Enjoy.
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Originally posted by dozracing
Go to Halfords, buy a set of easy outs (stud extractors). Basically you drill intot he end of the broken bolts, and the easy outs screw in with a left hand thread then jam up...
When I worked in an engineering company that did a lot of work for the motor trade we used to get lots of bits of cars with broken easyouts in them to
remove, often from quick fit type places.It was sometimes very expensive to remove them . At times i have cut them out with oxy acetylene, drilled
from the opposite side and sometimes on hard to obtain parts like cylinder heads, even had to cut a lump of the casting and build back up with
weld.
I Never use them and always prefer to drill the bolt or stud out and helicoil if neccessary.
Paul.
quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
And then snap off flush in the bolt resulting in much swearing
IT must have been well seized in to break off like that so what ever you do to remove it will be a Bar steward. Id go to the scrappies and get another hub, Cheaper and alot less hasle.
I have attempted to use stud extractors three times - and have three broken stud extractors. Useless cocking pieces of crap.
Drill it out, call it a bi*ch and throw it away.
Sorry - slightly annoyed.
=)
Isn't that because you're just a touch crap though mate?
ok thanks everybody
a friend has taken it on to look at but said not to be hopfull so its a trip to the breakers tomorow
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Originally posted by Danozeman
Id go to the scrappies and get another hub, Cheaper and alot less hasle.