Broke my head bolt @#%!

[psychos2]

Heat the bolt til it is very hot and take a candle and touch it to the bolt and the wax will lubricate the threads and the bolt will come out easily with vise grips . but you do have to get it pretty hot. shawn

[rowhard]

Heat the bolt til it is very hot and take a candle and touch it to the bolt and the wax will lubricate the threads and the bolt will come out easily with vise grips . but you do have to get it pretty hot. shawn

have to remember that one, sounds like a slick trick

[tomdietrying]

Why don't you go to Sears and get that gizzmo that gets what you're are talking about out. It's a two step process. First, you attatch a piece to your drill. Drill a hole into the 1/2 inch sticking out. Next, you attatch another piece and it grips into the hole you drilled and removes it. I think it's $20 bucks.
Peace.
Tom
012009

[Hotsauce]

Why don't you go to Sears and get that gizzmo that gets what you're are talking about out. It's a two step process. First, you attatch a piece to your drill. Drill a hole into the 1/2 inch sticking out. Next, you attatch another piece and it grips into the hole you drilled and removes it. I think it's $20 bucks.
Peace.
Tom
012009

Well intentioned, but don't do it unless its broken off flush.

Getting a grip on it is a matter of friction and leverage. If you drill a hole for an EZ-Out, the leverage is from the center of the hole to the edge of the hole. If you grip the outside, the leverage and gripping friction is nearly double.

I do this for a living. It will come out.

John C.

[spitfire5454]

Well intentioned, but don't do it unless its broken off flush.


John C.

yeah, i thought of that but it isnt flush (yet). Also ive heard that if you happen to break one of those in the bolt, you then have a real mess. So heres where i stand: Heat and vice grips didnt work and if i keep trying i will mess up the threads to where i cant get a nut on if i wanted to weld. So i welded. i put a nut on where the top of the nut was flush with the bolt and welded the top. didnt hold. So i put a nut all the way down to where it is on the head leaving about a 1/4" of threded bolt on top. I then welded the hell out the top of the nut and remainig thread. Ill be the first to say that i am not a welder. It is hideous. It looks like huge goop of melted metal. But i think it will hold. something will have to give. it will either snap the bolt again, the nut will come off breaking every weld on the way up (not likley), or the nut will come loose but the threads are so jacked now that it will have no where to go and the bolt will still come out. i got a little overzealus, so in the morning i have to bust out the dremmel to do a little grinding b/c the welds are sticking out a little and preventing the socket from going over the nut. ill let yall know tommorow how it goes. wish me luck, b/c if this doesnt work, im pretty much out of ideas.

[Greasemonkey]

Snap on do a great stud remover it does need an air gun to use it but it will remove most with a 1/4 to 1/2 inch still sticking out
cheers
Steve

[spitfire5454]

update: After welding the nut on and trying, the bolt snapped again. at this point i was tired of messing with it so i just drilled it out and put a helicoil in it. Went perfectly. I probably shouldve done this to begin with, but i get a little nervous drilling into my heads. But it worked out fine, so now i can get on with my other supercharger repair buisness. Thanks for the help. Oh yeah, are the head bolts special or something, or can i just use a grade 8 hex bolt?