Need Some Advice On A Rounded Bolt

[TE278U]

also, if you find a reputable tool shop, try these...

 

 

they're like an external easy out.

Edited November 10, 2008 by TE278U

[rundell]

ohhh looks like I'm going tool shopping today haha. If all else fails ill just angle grind the top off then put another 4k head on top if i damage it

[towe001]

Yeah those Irwin Bolt Grip things are pretty good. You can also get them in a hard case as well for about 10-15 bucks extra.

[WinKE55]

There are little tools that are called Easy-out though i have heard of them being called something else. You drill down the center of the bolt, then you put the tool (In shape of a drill bit) down the middle of the bolt, and you doing that drill bit up spins the bolt the other way.

 

 

At work we call Thread Techs to come out ha.

 

 

Good luck

[furryfrog]

if you can get a chisel and hammer to it then just loosen it that way or try using a good 6point socket that wont stretch if it isnt too badly rounded.

 

easy outs are always a good last resort just easy to snap if you don't drill the hole deep enough.

[Redwarf]

There are little tools that are called Easy-out though i have heard of them being called something else. You drill down the center of the bolt, then you put the tool (In shape of a drill bit) down the middle of the bolt, and you doing that drill bit up spins the bolt the other way.

 

 

At work we call Thread Techs to come out ha.

 

 

Good luck

 

 

I will say this but once, and all you young 'uns take heed.

 

IF YOU USE AN EASI-OUT, DRILL THE HEAD OFF FIRST.

 

Because if you snap the easi-out in the bolt (Oooohhh yes, it's REALLY easy to do...), you will never drill the head off, because the easi-out is made of unobtainium, the hardest material known to man. Then you really are cactus.

 

You will find that if you drill the head off anyway, you may be able to slide the head over the bolt, and have easier access to get vice-grips on what remains of the bolt.

Edited November 11, 2008 by Redwarf

[Hiro Protagonist]

And if worst comes to worst, just throw in the towel and call a mobile thread doctor. I sheared the head off a bolt on the sensor block on a 4AGE, couldn't turn it with pliers and wasn't going to fork out $50 for a set of Ezy-Outs and a drill bit just for one bolt, plus I didn't have the cordless on me and even if I did, it would have been hard to get the drill in position anyway.

 

Called up a guy on the Central Coast who just happened to be doing a job in town the next day, dropped by on the way back, had a nifty mirror and right-angled drill that took care of it in no time flat. $70 later (thats including a $60 call-out fee), and the sheared bolt was out and the hole bored and Heli-coiled.

[rundell]

Yeh i have easy out screws that for the bolt i snapped in the block didnt have much luck with my head bolts might get some new ones made up before i put them back in these ones where quite rooted. I'm gonna try all these ideas tommoro hopefully somehow i can get it. Hopefully ttheres a mobile thread doctor in SA haha never heard of them lol