Now Officially a propper tool/bolt snapper........

Finally got round to drilling out the bolt shaft from one of the bolts that hold the chrome swivel ball to the axle yesterday.

Inserted stud extractor to remove it, turn it, stud moves good 1/4 turn.

bang

My head hits the wheel arch (from which I get covered in dry crusty mud) and am now left with the end of the stud extractor in the whole.

Bollocks.

What am I supposed to do now?? It seems a drastic measure to get a new axle because of one stupid bolt.

Ay Ideas?? One person said to heat it up, the other said not to. I think his exact phrase was if you heat it up you will be proper fuc-ed.........

HELP!!

Mark

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Mark Solesbury
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"Mark Solesbury" wrote in news:QGN1b.1761$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net:

Do a google! Somewhere on a welding group (sci.joining,welding or something) there is a thread on this subject. Don't know if it will help you but as you are grasping at straws anyway...

Basically, you either weld a nut onto the broken stud using a special electrode. If I remember correctly, the flux on the rod prevents the weld taking to the threads. Or I also seem to recall that you can do the same with a tube that is inserted into the bolt hole, i.e. if the stud has broken off below the surface, and weld this to the stud.

But I've never done it or seen it done. However, it might be worth your doing the search if only to give hope! :(

Derry

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Derry Argue

On 2003-08-23 snipped-for-privacy@adviegundogs.co.uk said: >> Finally got round to drilling out the bolt shaft from one of the >>bolts that hold the chrome swivel ball to the axle yesterday. >> Inserted stud extractor to remove it, turn it, stud moves good 1/4 >> turn. >> bang >> My head hits the wheel arch (from which I get covered in dry >>crusty mud) and am now left with the end of the stud extractor in >> Mark >Do a google! Somewhere on a welding group (sci.joining,welding or >something) there is a thread on this subject. Don't know if it will >help you but as you are grasping at straws anyway... >Derry Assume you've got chrome swivel off (otherwise you wouldn't have access for drilling) and have clear access to the axle flange and are facing end of snapped off bolt in hole (plus bit of extractor), which needs to go through away from you, towards diff. Also assume that only thing holding bolt in hole is rust? How about liberally dousing it in WD40/paraffin/penetrating oil over a period, then driving broken bolt plus extractor through with 5/16" pin punch and a largish hammer? HTH (apologies if I've misinterpreted your problem). Alan

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mbqd64

In article , Andrew Mawson writes

Is this also known as 'spark erosion'? If so, I had it done to the BMW (bike)'s exhaust. I broke a mild steel Allen bolt off in it, and, as it's stainless, it would have cost around 150 to replace. Spark erosion cost 50 and worked very well - just screwed a new (s/s) Allen bolt into the original thread...

Regards,

Simonm.

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SpamTrapSeeSig

Yes, Spark Erosion is the same thing.

Andrew Mawson

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Andrew Mawson

Easi-outs (the most inappropriately named tool in the box!) are the invention of the Devil hi'self and should all be hammered flat and used for bookmarks.

What you want are cam-driven stud extractors that fit around the outside of whatever protrudes from the broken stud. As you turn them with a socket wrench they tighten up. Never known one to fail but you do need maybe a quarter inch of protruding stud for them to get a grip on.

Cheers Gary

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Gary Sutherland

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