

| Subject: | Re: Motor mount broken bolt 84GL manual 4 speed follow-up |
| From: | Don Hanson |
| Date: | Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:45:03 -0800 |
I have had pretty good results with EZ-outs and drills. One thing I do it drive the EZ-out into the hole I have drilled before I try to back it out...that seems to get the reverse threads really locked into the broken bolt. I use a big hammer and a drift to rap on the ezout before I put the wrench to it..when surrounding elements permit. Don Hanson On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:12 PM, William Greenamyer <wgreenamyer@ciso.com>wrote: > Got the bolt out of the block. This was the driver side motor mount bolt > that was broken. Thought someone might be interested. I mentioned that > the > Dremel might be used. That is what I used. The problem with using > anything > in this area is getting the blade to the bolt. The bolt was recessed maybe > a little less than 1/8 inch. In order to get to it, I used a right angle > adapter for the Dremel. Using a new cutoff wheel was not going to work > without chopping up the edges of the screw hole on the block. I keep some > used wheels down to under 1/2 inch since they sometimes are handy. It only > took a minute to put a small slot in the broken part of the bolt. Based on > what people have said about breaking the head off stripped half axle bolts > and then just turning them out by hand since the stress was off them, I > guessed this bolt would come out the same way. I used a small screwdriver > to get the bolt out until I could use a larger cutoff wheel and put a > bigger > slot in the bolt. Came right out. Much easier than drilling. > > William >
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