PLEASE HELP! Broke a bolt off in the end of my crank!
06-09-2007, 07:02 PM
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PLEASE HELP! Broke a bolt off in the end of my crank! I was putting an underdrive pulley on my crank today, and I was using a long bolt to pull it on. The pulley started going on, and I was putting some serious pressure on this thing, trying to get it to seat. Then all of a sudden the long bolt snapped down by the threated area... and I'm fucked. Can anyone tell me how to get this bolt out?
06-09-2007, 07:26 PM
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Im not sure if you could drilled and re-tapped while in the block, but being safe and rebalancing the crank and getting it out, I would think pull engine and remove crank? Never heard of this actually happening.
Sorry to hear that happened man
Sorry to hear that happened man
06-09-2007, 08:58 PM
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Happens all the time when using a long bolt to pull a pulley on with. That's why a threaded stud should be used instead. You have very few options and none are good. If you were able to use an easy-out and remove the broke piece, the threads are garbage now. You might can get a tap and fix the threads, you have nothing to lose. Your only other option is take the crank out and bring it to a machine shop.
Originally Posted by BlackSVT03
Never heard of this actually happening.
