anybody ever get a bolt broken off in the block?
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Re: anybody ever get a bolt broken off in the block? <img src="gr_sad.gif" border="0"> I thought this was going to be a fun thread. I take it nobody has ever done this? <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0"> I've had friends break bolts off in regular SBCs and it can be a real PITA.
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Re: anybody ever get a bolt broken off in the block? I broke one off in the pass. side head on the 97TA while I was taking the exhaust manifolds off to put headers on. Bah, I don't care now that the car is traded in <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
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Re: anybody ever get a bolt broken off in the block? Broke a head stud off in the block. Was given the wrong torque specs <img src="gr_sad.gif" border="0"> I took a metal sleeve and slid into the hole so not to touch the wall of the bolt hole and tried drilling it with a left handed drill bit and then using an EZ out. My drill bit was not long enough so before trying to weld an extension on it I just took a really long right hand standard thread drill bit and started drilling. It went in and seized in the bolt and I was really worried so I tried to back it off. When I did it was stuck into the bolt so hard it pulled the broken piece of the bolt out without any damage. This was one of the most tramatical moments of LS1 history but I made it through it with no damage <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
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Re: anybody ever get a bolt broken off in the block? [quote]Originally posted by DerekHLS1Freak:
<strong>Broke a head stud off in the block. Was given the wrong torque specs <img src="gr_sad.gif" border="0"> I took a metal sleeve and slid into the hole so not to touch the wall of the bolt hole and tried drilling it with a left handed drill bit and then using an EZ out. My drill bit was not long enough so before trying to weld an extension on it I just took a really long right hand standard thread drill bit and started drilling. It went in and seized in the bolt and I was really worried so I tried to back it off. When I did it was stuck into the bolt so hard it pulled the broken piece of the bolt out without any damage. This was one of the most tramatical moments of LS1 history but I made it through it with no damage <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0"> </strong><hr></blockquote>
good save.
<strong>Broke a head stud off in the block. Was given the wrong torque specs <img src="gr_sad.gif" border="0"> I took a metal sleeve and slid into the hole so not to touch the wall of the bolt hole and tried drilling it with a left handed drill bit and then using an EZ out. My drill bit was not long enough so before trying to weld an extension on it I just took a really long right hand standard thread drill bit and started drilling. It went in and seized in the bolt and I was really worried so I tried to back it off. When I did it was stuck into the bolt so hard it pulled the broken piece of the bolt out without any damage. This was one of the most tramatical moments of LS1 history but I made it through it with no damage <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0"> </strong><hr></blockquote>
good save.
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Re: anybody ever get a bolt broken off in the block? I stripped one of the valvecover bolts. Don't ask.
I have a 98 so there are a whole bunch of bolts holding the valve cover down, so I never had a problem.
I have a 98 so there are a whole bunch of bolts holding the valve cover down, so I never had a problem.
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anybody ever get a bolt broken off in the block? Hasn't happened to me, yet. <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
anybody ever break off a bolt in the block? <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
Let's hear your stories.
anybody ever break off a bolt in the block? <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
Let's hear your stories.
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Re: anybody ever get a bolt broken off in the block? I broke off a stud in an aluminum intake manifold a few years back, and the broke an easy-out off in the damn stud trying to get it out! talk about a mindf**ker! anyway, I took the manifold to a welder friend of mine, and he somehow got everything out of the hole for me, and somehow managed to not mess up the threads at the same time. I paid him his nominal fee, and came back later that same afternoon with a pizza and a case of his favorite beer. <img src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" /> <img src="graemlins/gr_chug.gif" border="0" alt="[chug]" />
