Help!!! Broken spring bolt...

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Jan 27, 2004 | 09:29 PM

joevette57

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From: Brandon FL

Help!!! Broken spring bolt...

While removing the four bolts attaching the spring to the diff, one of the forward bolts snapped.
I have drill the bolt enough to get an extractor in an it has grabbed the bolt tight. I've put all the muscle I dare to the point where I'm afraid to snap the extractor.
So the question.... do you think the diff cover will absorb enough heat (on the car) to loosen the bolt or am I in danger of ruining attached components.
Any other ideas to get this thing out?
Thanks in advance for you advice.
JV

Jan 27, 2004 | 09:53 PM

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Re: Help!!! Broken spring bolt... (joevette57)

I would try the old propane torch heating and wax trick but I would definitely take it easy on how much heat you put on it. Just heat cycle it a couple of times. Hopefully it will come out. Good luck.

Jan 27, 2004 | 10:50 PM

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Re: Help!!! Broken spring bolt... (joevette57)

I would give up on the "do it on the car" idea. Time to drop the sucker and get serious. :smash:

Jan 27, 2004 | 11:15 PM

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Re: Help!!! Broken spring bolt... (joevette57)

people have been talking about a product called kroil that seems to work really well at losening stubborn bolts.

Jan 28, 2004 | 01:03 PM

R. Bruno

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Re: Help!!! Broken spring bolt... (FeedVaal)

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I would give up on the "do it on the car" idea. Time to drop the sucker and get serious. :smash:

:iagree: Dropping the cross member is not a huge deal. Your halfway there already and you can do a lot of "while your in there's" at the same time. :thumbs:

Jan 28, 2004 | 03:01 PM

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Re: Help!!! Broken spring bolt... (R. Bruno)

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Your halfway there already and you can do a lot of "while your in there's" at the same time. :thumbs:

Thats really dangerous.I wonder how many Frame offs has started with the words "While i`m there" :lol: :cheers: :smash:

Jan 28, 2004 | 11:23 PM

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Re: Help!!! Broken spring bolt... (joevette57)

Suck out as much of the gear lube as you can and hit it hard with the oxy/acetylene gas wrench. It will come out. Mapp gas or propane might be enough to do the job but it will probably take 15 minutes of fuel.

Edit: be sure to heat the cast, not the broken bolt. Don't leave the extractor in while you are heating it.

[Modified by Big Fish, 10:25 PM 1/28/2004]

Jan 29, 2004 | 04:47 PM

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Re: Help!!! Broken spring bolt... (Big Fish)

:iagree: with the Big Fish. Put some serious heat on that sucker. When it cools down past flaming temperature, squirt a little WD on it while its still hot. As it cools, the WD will be sucked into and around the bolt. If you don't have the "chop daddy" oxy/acetylene torch, might try propane. However, with propane, it may take you several attempts...just keep heating, squirting WD, heating, squirting WD. Eventually, IT WILL COME LOOSE. The expansion and contraction due to heating and cooling down is what it's all about. Good luck & :cheers: