Need Help Fast/ Broken Bolt
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Need Help Fast/ Broken Bolt i was taking off the valve covers for paint and the bolt for the valve cover borke in the cylinder head. its pretty far down in there and not sure where to go from here, could still get the valve cover back on there, but it wouldnt seal to good. whatever youve got hit me. ill get some pictures up later
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working on the ez outs right now, the metal flaskes are scary though, i have a magnet trying to trap them and know im gonna have to change the oil, but any other suggestions?
Would need a better description of the broken bolt and pictures.. but the normal tools are a drill and ez-out. If the bolt is not stuck, you can sometimes take a pick and try and spin it out.
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Put some grease on the drill bit and it will collect most of the shavings for you.
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thanks yall, the grease trick worked great, along with a magnet from an old speaker, and a vacuum with a straw duct taped to it got up about 99% of teh visible shavings. im gonna change the oil next week too. until then i have to wait to find some more bolts. Advance auto doesnt have them so i think ill have to go to a dealer, unless any of yall have 2 extras lying around? here are some pics before i go to work, not sure if you can see tehm very well.
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now the new problem:
i drilled the first two bolts out and there was no problem. the third one was up under the cowl and the bit broke off in the blt hole, and its not coming out. ive tried about everything but i cant get it out. my question is, is it okay to have just three bolts holding the valve cover on? the back and front are still fine, just the one on the passenger side right under the cowl. the bit isnt coming out either, its wedged in there pretty tight. Yall have been a great help so far, so please help now!
i drilled the first two bolts out and there was no problem. the third one was up under the cowl and the bit broke off in the blt hole, and its not coming out. ive tried about everything but i cant get it out. my question is, is it okay to have just three bolts holding the valve cover on? the back and front are still fine, just the one on the passenger side right under the cowl. the bit isnt coming out either, its wedged in there pretty tight. Yall have been a great help so far, so please help now!
