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Drilled out the bolts on my front head because they broke off. put a puller in and it broke off in there as well. So Now I'm at a loss... I can't grab the puller to get it out, so what now??
Are you referring to the exhaust bolts?Drilled out the bolts on my front head because they broke off.
Bolt extractor?put a puller in and it broke off in there as well. So Now I'm at a loss...
If the answers to the questions above are "yes" then here is what I did (I could not drill the broken extractor leftovers with any drill bit):So Now I'm at a loss... I can't grab the puller to get it out, so what now??
I did the same thing, broke the hardened extractor off. Dremeled it flush, punched it and redrilled it with plenty of oil and a hardened drill bit. Small first, then larger and Viola, the broken extractor and the broken bolt just turned out.If the answers to the questions above are "yes" then here is what I did (I could not drill the broken extractor leftovers with any drill bit):
1. Locate Dremel with grind stone (cone shaped with diamater smaller than bolt hole)
2. Grind at the extractor (tip of cone directed towards bolt hole) until there is no visible trace of the leftover space age metal (stay clear of threads)
** If the answers to my questions above were "No" I hope somene could chime in and help.
See, I got in a hurry too. Now I am spending time and money to fix something so small...I got too casual. It took a fair amount of time to fix the broken because I was hurrying and thought it would be easy.
Yes it can, you should start with a flat surface, if you use a dremmel or a die grinder you will need to have a carbide burr or a stone to flush the surface then you can use a fine tipped burr to make a "center divit" for the drill.
See, I got in a hurry too. Now I am spending time and money to fix something so small...
I like this idea,,,,, why take the chance of making it worse....You really have not spent any money,,,yet.
If your next few steps are not perfect you WILL spend lots of money.
Did you apply heat to begin with?
Take it to a machine shop before this gets real serious.
You're not screwed,,,yet.