DukeGnarley said:i've never had good luck with easy outs, they always snap off.
68_stanger said:They do make reverseable drill bits that work sometimes for backing out broken bolts.
19mustang65 said:its like 1 bolt behind the middle bolt on the side of the pan...i barly turned it so im curious if it had already been stressed before or something. i dont think any is sticking out. i didnt pull the pan off. if its not sticking out at all...how do i get it out?
Then you have a crappy set. I snapped off a main cap bolt when I was building the bottom end on my motor and got it out using an easy out.DukeGnarley said:i've never had good luck with easy outs, they always snap off.
67GTA-FB429 said:I have broken EZ outs, too. When I skimp and try to save a few pennies and buy taiwanese specials.
1320stang said:I've busted a good easyout off in a bolt before as well. But it was in a Chevy so I figured that was part of it. Distributor hold down bolt on an aluminum TBI manifold in a '88 truck. It was cheaper to buy a used maifold and gaskets than to pull the manifold and have the stuff burnt out.
Been there, done that. at least a handfull of times. You're right heat helps. I'm pretty carefull not to apply too much torque and break off a fastener, but when the threads are seized so badly that the head will twist off, an EZ out cannot apply more torque gripping inside the fastener than the entire thickness of the fastener will support.Ozsum2 said:Hack, try heat next time. It should help.
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