I would have given up a long time ago, bought a helicoil kit, drilled the
hole with the bit that comes with the lit, tapped the hole that comes with
the kit and inserted the insert.

Why? Based on what you are going through you probably won't have serviceable
threads anyway.

Thanks, Tom Hargrave
www.stir-plate.com
www.towercooler.com
www.kegkits.com

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Mark Hineline
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 7:17 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Success! (Getting a broken ez-out out of my crankshaft)

Two things I'm going to try to get the hollowed out bolt out. One: I got a
set of extractors from Harbor Freight that chuck into a hand drill. I'm
going to blast the back side of the bold with penetrating oil, and set the
hand drill clutch so that it clicks, or whatever those things do when
there's too much torque, and then work away at it until it moves.

The other thing I thought might be worth trying is to put just the right
size lag bolt in and try tightening the hollow bolt in.

Any other ideas?

On Nov 13, 2011, at 4:41 PM, Mark Hineline wrote:

> After many weeks using many techniques, I have finally gotten the
> broken ez-out out of my crankshaft center bolt. (2.0L engine).
> Technically, only part of it is "out" (in the form of fillings). I
> used a drift to break the rest out, and it's still in the shaft.
>
> I tried everything. What finally worked was a Dremel tool with various
> diamond bits (from HF), and more patience than I thought I had.
>
> Now I have to get the bolt itself out, along with a "sleeve" of who
> knows how much remaining ez-out. I plan to take my time.
>
>
> Mark Hineline
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