******* 30+ year old hardware. lol



Just try an easy out?

 

You can try soaking it in PB Blaster for a few day and using an easy out, or you can drill it out and re-tap the hole.

 

(im guessing you did but) did you try vice grips? ithinlk the little needlenose vice grips would work the best, also soak it, my 3 favorites are pb blaster crc336 and seafoam

 

i would grind it flat without getting into the alum. then center punch it and drill it out then chip the treads out or use a tap.

 

No effing way! I did the same thing today I have never seen another thread on this before, then it pops up on the day i do it.

I Turned the bolt a quarter turn and it was broken. Didnt even warn me that it was gonne break.

Easy outs are hit and miss. Hit, they do their job and get it out. Miss, well then you have a hardened bit that you will need to drill through before tapping the hole.

yours looks like you can get vicegrips on it. Soak it in a bunch of pb blaster, then you should be able to work it out.

Mine on the other hand is flush, i will be drilling and tapping it.

 

gawd I hate links


I'd drill it out as much as you can(and for the love of pete make a DEAD center hole) and then chase it with a tap...

 

if you have a welder and a torch... heat up the broken bolt real nice, soak with pb blaster, heat up, then soak, weld onto that bolt enough material to get some vice grips on and carefully wiggle it out. I've done it many times for the thermostate bolts and for exhast manifold bolts.

 

I had been trying to resolve a heating issue when this happened. So after I snapped this bolt I just put my away, and called it a day.

I planned on trying some vice grips, and a bottle of PB blaster I had. I guess I'll hit it a few times over the weekend to really let it soak in.

Never heard of crc336. Seafoam I have, but not for this application. What has worked best for you?

 

I've had to deal with stuff like this before, but usually I'm left with a little more material to work with. I figured I'd make a thread and what what other ideas you guys have come up with. Maybe this will help someone down the road as well.

Let me know how yours turns out.

 

I do have a small flux core welder I could use. I guess I'll soak it in PB for a few days, and see what I can do with vice grips before I try this. Sounds like a perfect way to get it out though.

 

i think pb and crc 336 is the best, my buddy (the p/o of my truck) has a huge farm, so he buys crc by the pallet, and when he gave me my truck, he threw in 3 cans of crc as a joke because its so rusty, ill tell ya what though crc 336 is worth its weight in gold, its freed so many peices of my truck.

 

These bolts break all the time.

When I get a new to me 22rec I just try to remove the bolts without breaking 50/50 chance then use the thread replacement of choice new bolts well coated with never seize .

I have used all kinds of penetrating oils and have settled on Aero kroil I have used the vise grip method and I have drilled them out. i really don`t seem to have good luck with easy outs so I pretty much gave up on them

 

If you have access to a welder you can weld a nut on top and soak with pb and try getting it out or an easy out.

 

What's the size/pitch of this bolt? I plan on getting something better as a replacement.

 

I've been hitting it with PB on and off for the last few days. I also picked up a set of needle nosed vise grips, so we'll see what happens.

 

One option that works in some cases is to heat up the bolt/hole area hot enough to melt come candle wax (paraffin) onto the thread area. Let the heat wick the wax sown into the threads and then try removing the bolt.

 

I got mine out.
Easy didnt work.
Drilled and retapped threads didnt work.
So it ended up getting a helicoil.

 

I use the weld a nut method on the broken stud, and it works for me every time. Also, try hitting it with a decent size hammer first. I have had bolts seize, in aluminum mainly, and a few blows from the hammer seems to unstick the threads and head from the hole.

good luck

 

Well I went at it a few times with the needle nosed vice-grips with no luck. I didn't want to try too many times because I'm starting to really destroy what is left. I figure I'll get it soak with more PB. Hopefully I moved it just enough to allow more if it to soak in.

I'll try the candle wax idea, and even give it a few good whacks. I'm hoping I don't have to weld a bolt on it, or re-thread it.

 

The bolt size is M8x1.25

Good luck