slo_hatch

i was changing the springs and broke the bitch bolt....anyone know how to drill it out or get it out to put new one in...tried searching but dont know what the real name is. can anyone help me...im sittin here trying to figure out what to do. lol

slo_hatch

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Gumby99si

torch and left handed drill bit worked for me

slo_hatch

how exactly did you do this?? i have never broke this bolt before. lol

Gumby99si

the bolts i broke were in the rear. the strut to lower control arm and the lower control arm to the rear drum assembly... i just took a torch and heated it up till it was orange then drilled it with a left handed drill bit and it backed out...be careful not to heat it up too much or ull melt the bushings.

slo_hatch

ok..thanks. we have been drilling into it to try to get all of it out right now...but we dont have a left handed drill bit i dont think. will it hurt anything to just drill all the way through??

redboardrdr

make sure u re-thread it after u do that or else the next bolt u put in there might break off again. that happened to me, just with a different part, and thats no fun. good luck tho man. if you dont have a left turning bit, go to your local hardware store, easy to find.

slo_hatch

lol i still have no idea what to look for but this is [freak]ing hell...i cant get it to come out for ****. i have tried heating it and drilling all the way through it and everything...i am just worried about getting the strut off right now to change the spring...i will fix the bolt tomorrow. but this thing is a bitch to me constantly. lol damn honda...

redboardrdr

try sweet talkin her and givin a lil foreplay. lol, sorry, i had to say it. really tho, try not to get frustrated cuz that just makes things worse.