Need TEXAS sized help!!!!!
Every broken bolt I've ever dealt with, and working on military equipment where guys break bolts everywhere, I've always found that drilling all the way through the bolt makes it a ton easier to remove because it relieves some of the stress on the entire bolt. If you just drill enough to get the ease-out in the bolt chances are the hole will strip out. Also penetrating oil is a good idea as well.
Every broken bolt I've ever dealt with, and working on military equipment where guys break bolts everywhere, I've always found that drilling all the way through the bolt makes it a ton easier to remove because it relieves some of the stress on the entire bolt. If you just drill enough to get the ease-out in the bolt chances are the hole will strip out. Also penetrating oil is a good idea as well.
if the bolt is broken and the threads weren't damaged or damaged when installing, i've never had a problem getting the out. Never had to drill all the way through. Good threads mean it will come out easily.
Usually those guys are the solders lol. I swear they can tear up a bowling ball with a rubber mallet.
If the bolt head was already touching the cylinder head before it broke, then the remaining bolt threads in the block are probably now unloaded after the bolt broke. It may come out extremely easy and might surprise the **** out of you.
The real PITA ones are the ones that bottom out and break or seize up and break. I bet that one would come out fairly easy with a drill/ease-out. Once it's drilled, you can probably drop the ease-out into the hole and put just the right sized socket on the other end. Seat it into the drilled hole and start turning. Drill the hole out in the bolt as big as you safely can and use the biggest ease-out that will fit.
The real PITA ones are the ones that bottom out and break or seize up and break. I bet that one would come out fairly easy with a drill/ease-out. Once it's drilled, you can probably drop the ease-out into the hole and put just the right sized socket on the other end. Seat it into the drilled hole and start turning. Drill the hole out in the bolt as big as you safely can and use the biggest ease-out that will fit.
LOL.. I was a 63B with an Artillery unit in 4ID... those damn gun bunnies can break anything. We would come in on Monday and do the PCC checks and something would be broken, even though it didnt move the week before...
we called them DAG-Bs.. Dumb *** Gun Bunnies... I actually had this same thing happen to me tonight, however i somehow got VERY lucky and was able to use the broken part of the bolt to pull out the threads in the block. I got it to lock in and with pressure on a ratchet i was able to back it out and use a small magnet to pull it out of the hole.
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OK so I would like to thank everyone for your help on this issue!!! I got that damn MF bolt out. I had to use some wierd *** drill bits and a lot of cutting oil. I now know how to do this and trust me its not easy. I weight about 225 and it took all my weight to get this thing out trust me, my left side hurts so bad right now and you cant believe I used concrete drill bits with diamond carbide tips (giving thanks to Andrew@Home Depot. I first drilled my pilot hole with a 5/16" normal titanium bit thru a socket so I can be sure I hit the bolt dead center. Then once I chewed up about 2 of them I went up to the 5/16" diamond tip bit. I would drill about a 1/4" of an inch with it and then it was dull so once I dulled it out I put in my 1/4" concrete bit and drilled it down to the bottom of the 5/16" hole. Then I grabbed another 5/16" and continued doing this till I went all the way thru the bolt. In between the changes I used an extention magnet to gather up all the cuttings. Once I drilled all the way thru it I inserted my easy out and the bolt came out no problem.
HONESTLY, DRILLING THE BOLT ALL THE WAY THRU IS THE KEY. LESS PRESSURE ON THE THREADS.
HONESTLY, DRILLING THE BOLT ALL THE WAY THRU IS THE KEY. LESS PRESSURE ON THE THREADS.
