Adam/Stan,
In my limited experience under the hood, be careful using the easyouts
and go slow. I have seen (didn't do it) the results of someone using
progressively larger easyouts to try and remove a headbolt, and they
cracked the head with the force of the easyout on the inside of the
headbolt.
Just $0.02...
Doug Noble
SPL311U-25006
Vienna, Virginia
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Subject: Re: Head's off, broke a head bolt
Author: Sexmnypwr@aol.com at NetTalk
Date: 6/14/2001 1:44 PM
Adam,
You're lucky it broke off ABOVE the block surface and not below it. If
you have enough "grab area" I'd put down a large washer over the broken
headbolt (to protect accidently gouging the block) and get a pair of
visegrips. Heat up the bolt with a heat gun or use WD40 to help loosen up
the threads.
The cleaner way (and also the way if the headbolt was BELOW the block
surface) would be to get 'easyouts'. Basically you drill a small hole down
the center of the headbolt and screwin the easyout (reverse thread, slightly
larger diameter than the drilled hole). It bites into the headbolt metal
and once it bottoms out you keep turning it until unscrews the headbolt.
Good luck!
Stan Wada
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