nitewolf

I'm running out of ideas ht, need your help asap.

i started to do my clutch today on my 98 integra, as soon as i got started i ran into a problem. i was removing the starter and the lower stud/bolt broke. i thought it would be easy to remove once i got the tranny dropped. turns out it broke flush with the block. I tried using easy-outs but one broke in the hole i drilled.


TIA

wunfstgsr

Eww thats gonna be tuff, i take it the motor is still in the bay?

one way is to weld a stud on and back it out but if its in the bay thats gonna be hard.

Try drilling that bit out with a bigger hole and use a screw extractor bit! use wd40 as a lube when your drilling the hole.

worse case you just use one bolt to hold the starter in, i was using one bolt for a while until i found the longer bolt i was missing.

nitewolf

@wunfstgsr
the motors still in the bay, I have been spraying with pb blaster for the last hour trying to let it soak. I'm worried about running one bolt in the starter, I heard the starter will break at the tab with only one bolt. thanks for the fast reply.

B_Swapped93

Too close to the block to try and weld anything with out ******* up the edges you best bet is to continue on, and then as said run one bolt and take it to a garage and get them to remove it. if you do try to drill it be extremely carful I had failed attempts with that too and snapping bits inside a stuck bolt.


to get it to a shop, running one bolt will be ok just to get the car going something's there's no shame in getting a fully equipped garage to do it.

lets face it most ppl don't have OXY/ACY torches or a good MIG welder in their garage, I don't feel comfortable using my MIG to weld heads on snapped studs.

DC4_Dad

I've broken one of the bolts holding down the rocker and ended up breaking a drill bit off inside the hole trying to extract it. It's really a bugger trying to get those things out no matter where they are or what size they are.

nitewolf

I had a friend come over and try to weld a stud on to the broken bolt, no luck. It was worth a try. I kept trying to drill threw the broken piece of extractor didn't get anywhere. Went ahead and finished up the clutch job and got everything back together.

In other words i would like to say thanks for the help and would it be possible to thread the bottom tranny hole as a permanent fix? Don't really have the time or cash to pay a shop to R&R my tranny to get to that broken bolt. This is my only car and i work 6 days a week.

B_Swapped93

it would be like $50 at shop most likely.

tamboo

if it's a stick just push start it to avoid further damage.

DC4_Dad

No, they wanted approximately $180 to extract the bolt connecting my strut to the LCA at a well known garage by my house. It would definitely be more than that, considering the bolt is larger and in a harder to reach area.

B_Swapped93

Don't know where you live but that's nuts, there's SOOO many Honda specialty shops around here. I used to work for one, we could have do that for you in half an hour and maybe ran yah $60 not even.

DC4_Dad

Lucky...

4drboostking

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Try heating the crap out of it with a torch before backing it out with the slots that you cut in it.