I need some advice on the next step to take with this. Im replacing all my rotors and pads and so far while trying to remove the passenger side rotor the drill bits I was using to drill a hole for a screw extractor broke off inside the screw. I've been drilling around these things all night and I'm pretty much out of ideas. I was thinking of trying to heat them up to the point where they would almost "melt" out. Heres what it looks like:

I don't know why theyre coming up so big, I apologize.

 

Start drinking.

If anything is left of the head, you might be able to unscrew it with an impact driver. There are also some welding tricks you can do...

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Tom

 

just drill them out and dont reinstall them

they arent necessary, only to help aid with install of the caliper but the same thing can be done py putting 1 lug nut on to hold rotor in place.

 

Just as Kamin said... Drill the little ******* out... As for the size of the pic, there's no problem with that... You're just running your cam at ~2.0megapixel... hehehe It's all good I take them at 5.0 and people always bitch... haha Good Luck

 

Ah but heres the bitch about it: I cannot continue to drill them out because I can't drill through the drill bits that broke off and are stuck in there Would a torch help any? Can I just completely cut the rotor apart around the screws somehow? Thanks for helping.

 

man that sucks... i would think that ur best course of action is to first determine a way to remove that screw extractor bit and then do asthe others have suggested and drill it out. but really.. the only proper way to get those screws out from teh beginning would be the use of an impact driver... which made it cake for me. Hth... bump for ya.

 

you could try welding another bolt on the head of the screw and then heat the screw up with a torch and use a breaker bar to loosen it. As everyone else said, an impact driver would have been your best choice to start. You can get them at auto parts stores and Sears for around $10-$20.

 

try a chisel(sp) and a hammer, always worked for me to unscrew them. just try not to cut the head off.

 

impact driver man

 

Wow I had the same problem but the bit never got stuck while trying to drill them out... I dont know what eles you can do, maye a stronger bit???

 

I have done these many times, and have broken IMPACT DRIVER BITS on them. the method I have found to work really well is to use HEAT. A lot of it, and try to focus it specifically on the head of the screw. WHen it is glowing red hot, Cool it really quickly with WD40 all over the damned thing. let it cool, and then do it again. Again, you only want the head of the screw to get hot, not the entire rotor. The heat of the screw will draw in the WD40, and the rapid expansion and contraction of the screw helps to loosen it better than any damned impact driver. I promise you, I have broken them!

JM2CW. Hope it helps!

Soctt AKA CRneXt

 

a titanium or carbide drill bit will rip the old bit that broke off in there to shreads. Then drill the screws head off or use a eazy-out if you can. Drilling the head off will be easiest and fastest after the broken bit is out.

 

air chisle

 

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It's like $10 buks from AutoZone.

 

lowcivex: yourself. Maybe if I had an air chisEL, I'd try that. I already tried an impact driver and it stripped the head. To the rest of you, thanks for the advice.

 

i was just saying that sucks... that has gotta be annoying... i hate when parts gets stuck. i wasnt being a dick. where u located in pa maybe i can help....

 

I apologize man, I'm just a little frustrated. I didn't mean to come off like that.

 

Been there, couldn't get any of those damn screws to budge, so I took my car and stuff to Meinike. If I would have had the impact screw driver, probably different story.

 

I did the same thing less than a week ago. It Sux!

Keep at with the torch, that's how i got mine out.

If you've already lost the + from the screw, you might try cutting a new notch in it then use a flat head instead of the phillips.

 

impact driver....$15 at auto zone...

 

I had the same exact problem, i took a chisel and hammer and tapped a little while pushing the screw in the direction to loosen it, it fcked the screw up but it finally budged, good luck.

 

hammer and a punch or chisel.

why? because drillbits are not made to endure hammering impact. they are made to remain sharp on a cutting edge like scissors.

so get a punch / chisel and go to town on them sum'beotches with a BFH

 

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they arent necessary, only to help aid with install of the caliper but the same thing can be done py putting 1 lug nut on to hold rotor in place.

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yeah what kamin said

 

Drill em out!

 

Heat it up, soak it, then find a left handed drill bit, the kind poeple use to extract broken bolts, when the bit catches along with the heat maybe it will break the threads loose.