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I’m stumped And really irritated.

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Today, I was drilling out a broken bolt and damnit if I didn’t break the bit off inside the bolt. Do I buy harder bits and drill through it again? Not sure how to proceed. There’s about an inch of bit inside the bolt.
 

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I find a good quality carbide on a drumel works best in this situation. Depending on the bit quality of either you may need a few.
 
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HotFox said:
I find a good quality carbide on a drumel works best in this situation. Depending on the bit quality of either you may need a few.
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That’s riiiight. As soon as you said dremel, I flashed back to when I first brought this car home and had to do the same thing for a water pump bolt. Thanks!!
 
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Step 1, valve job and springs
Step 2, install p heads
Step 3, throw e7's with broken bolt in the scrap pile

Joe
 
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