I recently sold some Webers on a Xflow manifold and they have arrived at the buyers with the water take off snapped off leaving the threaded part in
the manifold. Does anyone have any ideas as to how this could be removed?
Cheers
Chris
I presume it is a threaded stub pipe? Drill & re-tap or drill & weld/glue in a replacement.
is there any of the stub sticking out? if there is, cut a slot of a *big* screwdriver and heat up; the alloy will expand more than the steel(?) to
release it. Otherwise drill out and pick out the remainng threads. It if you can, hacksaw down the cnetre and saw into the side but not into the
manifold - that may wekain its old; if done in 2 places, then hjammer the two halves inwards, again to loose the grip.
workst case, drill out completely, retap; it sould be possible to rebuilt it with lumiweld if it goes banana shaped.
Thanks guys, I will email a link to this page to Brian, who bought the Carbs and hopefully he will gain some inspiration from here.
Thanks again,
Chris
If it is a steel piece that is left in the fannimould, weld a bolt to it and unscrew it. If it is brass or copper, rough up the inside and glue a bolt
into it, then unscrew. II don't think Easy-outs would work as they will expand the bit that is left, making it harder to get out) and then snap
off!!
I'm pretty sure the take off is aluminium and looks like THIS. I
have not seen the damage myself but I presume that it must have snapped off below the hex part where the thread goes into the manifold.
Chris
If it is really bad, drill the insert out, get someone to weld the hole up, redrill and tap.
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Originally posted by Chris_G
I'm pretty sure the take off is aluminium and looks like THIS.