help...a bolt broke off in head.....

[MI95Cobra]

when i loosened up the lower intake bolts the front driver side acted a little tuff but came out....when i pulled it out i noticed only half came out.....so think i can drill it out or should i look for new heads???

 

[juiced_94gt]

Drill it out, unless you have some coin for some AFR's

 

[86bluecobra]

How much can you see in the head? Is it right up flush with the hole in the head? Basically my question is can u weld a nut to it? I have done that in the past it works great depending on where it is broken.

 

[AznStanger3v]

get some left handed drill bits and drill it out. no sweat man. no need to drop money on new heads.

 

[juiced_94gt]

or get a cheap extractor kit for like 20.00 bucks works like magic.

 

[drakesdad]

get some left handed drill bits and drill it out. no sweat man. no need to drop money on new heads.

+2........and your not the first to do that.......

 

[MI95Cobra]

actually...i found some gt40 heads, that have been ported, new vavles, and springs for $500....should i get them???

 

[86bluecobra]

hrrmm those sound nice.

 

[MI95Cobra]

should i get it???

 

[fastgtfairlane]

that blows goats. the exact same thing happend to me when i did my manifold swap. both front lower bolts broke off in the front of the heads. i tried to use the bolt extractors to get it out but the bolt was too rusted in the head. i got the titanium slow speed drill bits and slowly drilled them out until the the bolt came apart. then i helicoiled it. works fine now. however if i had the extra cash to get those gt40s that would definatly have been an excuse to upgrade

 

[MI95Cobra]

ok...i'm getting the new heads...i guess i'll sell my old ones...:SNSign:

 

[BlownFiveLiter]

I had a set of GT40P heads that I sold that had a bolt broken off in them. If you use a small enough bit, you should be able to drill it out, otherwise a machine shop could do it for next to nothing. I had one quote me like $35 to extract it, but I was able to get it out myself.