Re: [DML] Broken Bolt advice

[Phil Priestley <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just went through something similar with Audrey (vin 2105).

  When I was removing the intake manifold to replace the o-rings one of 
the bolts sheared off in the head. I tried drilling it to tap it out 
with no luck. I put it all back together and drove her to my mechanic. 
He welded a nut onto the exposed portion of the bolt and was able to 
back it out.  He also used the same trick to get the broken exhaust 
stud out. It took several times and at one point he thought that he 
would have to pull the head and send it to a machine shop to have it 
drilled out, but in the end it worked. I think that as the bolt would 
break off below the surface he would tack a smaller diameter bolt on to 
extend it out to where he could work on it.

BTW, Audrey is named for the man eating plant in "little shop of 
Horrors" because she always seems to be wanting me to feed her a little 
more money.

On Apr 8, 2004, at 5:09 PM, Michael Paine wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Problem: Broken Bolt
> Location: Outer Edge, Corner of Passenger Head (near jump lead post).
> Condition: Not too bad, Exposed 3/8" of bolt.
>
> <insert all advised ways to extract a broken bolt>
>
> Extended Problem: Broken bit in broken bolt
> Condition: VERY bad!



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