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Re: [Healeys] Fwd: Broken Screw

To: HealeyRick <healeyrik@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fwd: Broken Screw
From: richard mayor <boyracer466@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 16:13:16 -0700
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On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 2:57 PM HealeyRick <healeyrik@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think what Richard is suggesting is to find a nut with an inner diameter
> smaller than the bolt diameter, then MIGing it through the nut opening to
> the bolt and using the nut to turn it out  I'd want to heat up the bolt
> first as it looks like it's probably tightly fused by paint and probably
> rust.  OR ... it looks to be about .38 size.  Just shoot it out of there.
>
> Rick Neville
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 2:25 PM richard mayor <boyracer466@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Mike,
>> I just looked at your photo and I would like to add a correction.  The
>> broken off "screw" you described looks more like a broken off bolt to me.
>> You can safely put a two second first tack on the end of that one to get
>> things started. .
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: richard mayor <boyracer466@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, May 26, 2020 at 11:03 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Broken Screw
>> To: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
>>
>>
>> This is what I would do. Using your MIG welder, put a tack weld on the
>> end of the screw.  A short one second tac for the first one . Then stack
>> another tack or two  or three or four on top of that. Using a pair of vise
>> grips, twist the tacked on tacks. It may easily break off the first time or
>> even the second time. That is a good thing because you only want to tack to
>> the end of the screw and nothing more. The heat will break the rust bond
>> and the screw will come out easily.
>> Drilling and attempting to use easy outs are a waste of time and most
>> certainly you will bugger up the threads no matter have meticulous you
>> are.  Been there and done that many times.
>>
>> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 12:05 PM Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Went to install the rebuilt horns on my BN2 last night and could only
>>> screw one on the cross member of the frame.  The other mounting hole were a
>>> problem.  Somewhere, sometime in the past whoever removed the horns snapped
>>> one of the screws off flush with the frame.  Best way to get this out?
>>> Must have been corroded in place to snap off like that.
>>> Mike MacLean
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 2:57 PM HealeyRick &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com";>healeyrik@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div=
><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border=
-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">I think=
 what Richard is suggesting is to find a nut with an inner diameter smaller=
 than the bolt diameter, then MIGing it through the nut opening to the bolt=
 and using the nut to turn it out=C2=A0 I&#39;d want to heat up the bolt fi=
rst as it looks like it&#39;s probably tightly fused by paint and probably =
rust.=C2=A0 OR ... it looks to be about .38 size.=C2=A0 Just shoot it out o=
f there.<div><br></div><div>Rick Neville</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 2:25 =
PM richard mayor &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com"; target=3D"_bl=
ank">boyracer466@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gma=
il_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,2=
04,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Mike,</div><div>I just look=
ed at your photo and I would like to add a correction.=C2=A0 The broken off=
 &quot;screw&quot; you described looks more like a broken off bolt to me. Y=
ou can safely put a two second first tack on the end of that one to get thi=
ngs started. . <br></div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"lt=
r" class=3D"gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b =
class=3D"gmail_sendername" dir=3D"auto">richard mayor</b> <span dir=3D"auto=
">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank">boyracer46=
6@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br>Date: Tue, May 26, 2020 at 11:03 AM<br>Subjec=
t: Re: [Healeys] Broken Screw<br>To: Michael MacLean &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
rrengineer.mike@att.net" target=3D"_blank">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>&gt;<=
br></div><br><br><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>This is what I would do. Using your =
MIG welder, put a tack weld on the end of the screw.=C2=A0 A short one seco=
nd tac for the first one . Then stack another tack or two=C2=A0 or three or=
 four on top of that. Using a pair of vise grips, twist the tacked on tacks=
. It may easily break off the first time or even the second time. That is a=
 good thing because you only want to tack to the end of the screw and nothi=
ng more. The heat will break the rust bond and the screw will come out easi=
ly. <br></div><div>Drilling and attempting to use easy outs are a waste of =
time and most certainly you will bugger up the threads no matter have metic=
ulous you are.=C2=A0 Been there and done that many times.=C2=A0 </div></div=
><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mo=
n, May 25, 2020 at 12:05 PM Michael MacLean &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rrenginee=
r.mike@att.net" target=3D"_blank">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br=
></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;=
border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D=
"font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,&quot;new york&quot;,times,serif;f=
ont-size:16px"><div id=3D"gmail-m_99978679054043928gmail-m_-657592851310916=
2508m_-2536661137059266094gmail-m_-7632567625744933143ydp2beb8ffbyiv4852190=
350"><div><div style=3D"font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,&quot;new y=
ork&quot;,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div dir=3D"ltr">Went to install the =
rebuilt horns on my BN2 last night and could only screw one on the cross me=
mber of the frame.=C2=A0 The other mounting hole were a problem.=C2=A0 Some=
where, sometime in the past whoever removed the horns snapped one of the sc=
rews off flush with the frame.=C2=A0 Best way to get this out?=C2=A0 Must h=
ave been corroded in place to snap off like that.=C2=A0 <br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">Mike MacLean<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>______________=
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