bolt extractor snapped off
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You could have been a multimillionaire with your tremendous luck, but no, not you, you had to use it all up in getting a broken ezyout removed. If you ever get one stuck and broken, get the grinder and stock up on grinder point stones. 
Burning Brakes
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You don't have much room to work with but if you could find an old bolt and sharpen the tip to a point. Stick the point in the hole you drilled and with a mig welder, (if you have one) weld the sharpened bolt to the broken one then immediately try to turn the whole thing out while it's still hot from welding. It will be touchy I admit, too bad the broken bolt wasn't a bigger diameter.
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tried getting a tap extension today
I can't get the t-handle in there
all the ones I found were for a 7mm or smaller tap
a square drive would work
I can't get the t-handle in there
all the ones I found were for a 7mm or smaller tap
a square drive would work
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a friend lent me a tap handle with a sliding handle
it's working
taking it easy so I don't break the tap
got it about 1/2 done
I'll finish it tomorrow.
some of the bolt's still in there.
I'm hoping at this stage that it's friction welded in.
it's working
taking it easy so I don't break the tap
got it about 1/2 done
I'll finish it tomorrow.
some of the bolt's still in there.
I'm hoping at this stage that it's friction welded in.
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Prayers said that you have enough thread to torque the bolt down!
What a tough job. On my 87, the bolt on one rear shock wouldn't turn, rust welded shut. We used a grinding cutoff wheel to cut the bolt through and hitting the bolt and rocking torque, it finally came out. Then the nut and 1/2 the bolt on the other side we rocked torque while I beat on the center of the bolt until it finally came out. All evening job. the replacement bolt, just like any other bolt I reinstall got antiseize applied to it. I feel for you!
What a tough job. On my 87, the bolt on one rear shock wouldn't turn, rust welded shut. We used a grinding cutoff wheel to cut the bolt through and hitting the bolt and rocking torque, it finally came out. Then the nut and 1/2 the bolt on the other side we rocked torque while I beat on the center of the bolt until it finally came out. All evening job. the replacement bolt, just like any other bolt I reinstall got antiseize applied to it. I feel for you!
