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Every 20 minute job is 3 hours away from a broken bolt.

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5 minutes ago, CosKev said:

Oh no:no:

Atleast it's not flush with block,I would be welding a nut on that:t-up:

 

A. It had a nut on before. Came off quite easily. :(

B. Don’t have a welder. :cry:

C. What the devil do I do now? :bangshead:

“What the devil” replaced my own comment, one word censored.

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4 minutes ago, bollockybill said:

 

A. It had a nut on before. Came off quite easily. :(

B. Don’t have a welder. :cry:

C. What the devil do I do now? :bangshead:

“What the devil” replaced my own comment, one word censored.

Any local members with a MIG can pop around?

The heat from the welder makes a massive difference to it coming out:yes:

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I snapped a head bolt on my Ducati many years ago, had less than that sticking out.

Copious amounts of penetrating oil, then tried mole grips: nothing moved.

Finally filed two opposing flats onto the shank and managed to get a spanner to turn and free it.

The bolt's now on my garage wall, as a reminder of the 5 hours it took to get it out.....!

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A turbo torch would get that red hot, which is what you need to break the rust and some mole grips. Unless you want to get an induction heater stud remover , which are pretty funky.

 

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Turbo bolts on my campervan...  ground those flat, center punched, drilled out dead straight and central (total fluke 3 times!) to almost route of thread then managed to cave in the stud and peel the remaining sliver of thread out.   

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