

| Subject: | Re: Exhaust bolt snapped off...yikes!! |
| From: | Benny boy |
| Date: | Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:40:09 -0400 |
I'm face with that probleme each day: http://www.benplace.com/head3/100_0007.jpg http://www.benplace.com/head3/100_0007.jpg http://www.benplace.com/gilles/gilles3.jpg You have a few choice but be carefull. First thing to know, if you heat that thing up a lot and use cold water a few time the stud will harden and there is no way you will be able to drill in it! So, the best way it to "mig" weld a nuts on the remaining threads, use cold water to cool down, heat up that thing with a torch and cool it down a few time... poor cold water on it! go for a try. BUT, like i sayd, if you break the remainning stup flush with the head... your are cooked!!!! You won't be able to drill in it. Ben On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:23:35 -0300, Tom Rowsell <tom@GEOEXPLOITS.COM> wrote: >Ok I might as well advertise my stupidity to the list: While removing the 8 >exhaust bolts from the heads, I was only successful in extracting 7. I >twisted the last one off...got too confident/aggressive I guess. So, I'm up >on blocks with no exhaust, and about 1/2" of bolt sticking out of the >exhaust port. It's the upper one on the front, drivers side. I'm hesitant to >do much else, lest I break off the last bit. I'll probably get it towed to >someone competent, but would like to hear from some "advisors" :) > >Thanks >Tom >http://tomrowsell.com
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