Remove a broken tap
Hi everyone I already posted this in the S2000 forum section but I think it would go better here.lol sry. Anyhow I had a F20c1 with a broken tap in the crank with the help from alot of guys over at s2ki.com I was able to remove the tap and just wanted share the info on Honda-tech.
I own an ek so I don't have much use for this block, but it was a fun experiance to learn all the different ways of removing a tap, which can be found through this link ( http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=708363 ) thanks to chris barry and Slows2k and the rest of the guys over there for all the help.
1) You will need a good pair of needle nosed pliers (short stubby one)and a adjustable wrench, along with some PB buster or any good nut loosing spray

2) After soaking the broken tap with PB several times in 2 minute intervals, I used the needle nose pliers to grab onto the broken tap, next I used the adjustable wrench to grab onto the needle nose pliers (grab onto the needle nose as close to the tap as you can for better leverage). wiggle the broken tap back and forth to see if it is loose enough to be unthreaded.



3)YAY!!! thats all it took. Now I know some taps are broken off real bad but I lucked out and it came out fairly easy! hopefully this will help for some, it is the cheapest and easiest way to remove a broken tap


Unfortunatlly the threads to the crank are boogered up a lttle bit, the damage is mostly done at the start of the threads so I'm pretty sure the crank will have to be re-threaded. Bahhh FYI the correct tap is a 10x.8 tap
I own an ek so I don't have much use for this block, but it was a fun experiance to learn all the different ways of removing a tap, which can be found through this link ( http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=708363 ) thanks to chris barry and Slows2k and the rest of the guys over there for all the help.
1) You will need a good pair of needle nosed pliers (short stubby one)and a adjustable wrench, along with some PB buster or any good nut loosing spray

2) After soaking the broken tap with PB several times in 2 minute intervals, I used the needle nose pliers to grab onto the broken tap, next I used the adjustable wrench to grab onto the needle nose pliers (grab onto the needle nose as close to the tap as you can for better leverage). wiggle the broken tap back and forth to see if it is loose enough to be unthreaded.



3)YAY!!! thats all it took. Now I know some taps are broken off real bad but I lucked out and it came out fairly easy! hopefully this will help for some, it is the cheapest and easiest way to remove a broken tap


Unfortunatlly the threads to the crank are boogered up a lttle bit, the damage is mostly done at the start of the threads so I'm pretty sure the crank will have to be re-threaded. Bahhh FYI the correct tap is a 10x.8 tap
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