[Shotimes] Re: Shotimes digest, Vol 1 #1373 - 8 msgs

[ribble@mindspring.com]

The key to an EZ-out having any chance of working is to drill the broken stud
on center and straight (all the way through, if at all possible), with a drill
bit large enough to leave a fairly thin wall of the stud remaining, which
weakens the wall and allows the EZ-out to work.  Easiest if you can mount the
part in a drill press.  You may have to clean up some damaged threads with a
tap.  Using a left-hand drill bit is certainly a great idea.  You may get
lucky and get it out with just the drill. 

Frank Whittle
'95 ATX

> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 08:30:48 -0600
> From: "Tony Fratzke" 
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Bolt Extractor Kits
> 
> I agree...EZ-OUTS don't work. If a bolt is
> frozen, 9 times out of 10 you
> sure as hell won't get it out with an EZ-OUT.
> And when IT breaks, have
> fun. Extractors will rip through your average
> drill bit like
> butter...not fun.  Drilling and re-tapping is
> probably a better bet.
> 
> Tony 93 ATX
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of James White
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 10:11 PM
> To: Shewitt5656@cs.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Bolt Extractor Kits
> 
> I and several others on this have never had any
> good luck with bolt
> extractors.  They simply break off in the
> broken bolt and make that much
> harder to drill out.
> 
> Some one suggested a left hand drill bit, which
> makes much more sense.
> Drilling the broken piece until the bit grabs
> and just maybe unscrews
> it.
> In the worst case you will have to re-tap the
> hole and use the next
> larger
> size bolt.
> 
> regards. Jim White - greensho@crown.net