need Help with snapped bolt in head.!!!! PLZ
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need Help with snapped bolt in head.!!!! PLZ
I'm about ready to pull my hair out @$#!
I've been working on getting this bolt out of my head.
I'm replacing my head gasket with a BC head gasket and as i was disassembling the car i found this little guy snapped off! it took me an hour just to get the valve cover off. anyways i got everything taken apart and the new head gasket on and bolted down and now this Bitch wont come out.
the head
the !@#$%^
my useless tool! Snapped all 4 of em and now my drill is SMOKING
HELP any other ideas?
I've been working on getting this bolt out of my head.
I'm replacing my head gasket with a BC head gasket and as i was disassembling the car i found this little guy snapped off! it took me an hour just to get the valve cover off. anyways i got everything taken apart and the new head gasket on and bolted down and now this Bitch wont come out.
the head
the !@#$%^
my useless tool! Snapped all 4 of em and now my drill is SMOKING
HELP any other ideas?
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Re: need Help with snapped bolt in head.!!!! PLZ (mist sITR)
you need to get a nice set of drillbits. go on a slow speed with some penetrent and it should drill right in. drill bits are one thing you cant buy cheap, get ahold of a tool dealer 
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Re: need Help with snapped bolt in head.!!!! PLZ (BMaDOHC)
Nice drill bit for sure, drill a small hole, small enough to where you're able to hammer a small poke tool through the hole, hammer that in, nice set of vice grips or pliers, and twist out... been there done that...
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Re: need Help with snapped bolt in head.!!!! PLZ (BMaDOHC)
the thing i'm afraid of is that the hole that this bolt is in has no back. so if i drill threw it metal shavings with get inside the head. do u think if i just keep drilling the hole bigger and bigger it will loosen until i can extract it? or should i just keep going up in size of extractors?
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Re: need Help with snapped bolt in head.!!!! PLZ (mist sITR)
Yeah, be careful, don't drill all the way through... some shaving are going to slip in there no matter what, but you don't have much choice in the situation... You can alway try and find a magnet and tape it up somewhere and hope that catches some...
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Re: need Help with snapped bolt in head.!!!! PLZ (mist sITR)
Uhm I have a couple, I forgot what they're REALLY called but they're really sharp, looks like a normal flathead or phillips, but just very SHARP!! Can double as a weapon...
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Re: need Help with snapped bolt in head.!!!! PLZ (JjuuN R)
A pilot hole drilled into the broken bolt and those bits might have worked. Been in your shoes, it is no fun but I have never failed in getting one out.
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Cut a "groove" in it so you can get a flat head screw driver in there, then just back it out. Make sure to use some sort of lubricant. WD, PB or something to help loosen it out.
Quick question though... the tool you ended up "breaking" was that one of those "As seen on TV" tools? If so, I just saw the commercial for it and thought about buying one for ***** and giggles... guess not now.
Being that it's a head bolt though, I don't think a SCRIBE (poke tool) is going to work.
Quick question though... the tool you ended up "breaking" was that one of those "As seen on TV" tools? If so, I just saw the commercial for it and thought about buying one for ***** and giggles... guess not now.
Being that it's a head bolt though, I don't think a SCRIBE (poke tool) is going to work.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Comp97GSR »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yikes that motor is gonna need a good flushing. 
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inside not shinny enough for ya?
</TD></TR></TABLE>inside not shinny enough for ya?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mist sITR »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You guys rock
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hell yeah!
After your post previous to that, I was afraid the head was coming back off because it was getting awfully thin on the inside.....
</TD></TR></TABLE>hell yeah!
After your post previous to that, I was afraid the head was coming back off because it was getting awfully thin on the inside.....
