Alright so I just buttoned up my rebuilt tranny install today....drove sweet....so i figured I'd throw in some new plugs. I got 3 of 4 in, then I start to put the fourth in. I get to the almost tight point, give it the normal 1/4 turn and snap! The plug broke at the threads below the 5/8" socket head....now there is no head on the plug to remove it. Just threads in the cylinder head and the hook on the bottom of the plug. How can I get this out? Help

 

What a nightmare I need to see if someone has a solution here incase it ever happens to me. I just tighten mine down with minimal force until it stops, no forcin here for that exact reason....that and ******* up the threads.

 

First try an easy out. If that don't work left hand drill bit.

 

Is any part of it still sticking out. Try and get a Craftman bolt out, it has like teeth on it that might be able to grip on that.

 

couldnt you jus take off head then turn it using the firin end of the sparkplug that sticks out near valves??

 

what type of plug u used??
if its a very well known company.... i will say that u can make a nice case off that.... if it is a defective product they shoul dpay u for all the hazzle of taking that out and redoing it....
i say take the head off and take it to a machine shop... and call car insurance or the company itslef the tell them u want to make a case with the company of the plugs.....
its a very bad situation....

 

same exact thing happened to me..my number 1 spark plug popped out while i was driving and it stripped the thread on the head...i just replaced the head..20-50 bucks for dx head..

 

I am very lucky...since the hook end was still in, I put a long flathead screwdriver in there to catch it, thenturned the screwdriver using vice-grips...it screwed right out as if it a whole plug. I knew that it wasnt stripped because the old plug never got to the tight point. New plug went in fine. I should call NGK and ******* complain because that could have fucked my whole cyl. head up. I guess it was just a weak plug. Funny cause i must have changed over 100 plugs this was def. a first.

 

whew, that must of been a huge relief.

 

coulda just used a vacume like i did.

 

Yeah, definitely a relief. Vacuum? My friend I think you fail to realize what really happened.