Got the little blighter….!

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

One result of my little incident after Malvern was a sheared off exhaust bolt that looked tricky to get out.

 

After some good advice from Adge, I ordered an Easy Out kit off eBay which arrived this week.

 

I had sprayed the bolt with GT85 a few times during the week to hopefully make it easier to remove. I punched a mark as centrally as possible and then found it relatively easy to use the drill bit to put a hole all the way through, running the drill in reverse as the bits are reverse threaded.

 

Access was a bit tricky, so I just got a pair of mole grips on the extractor and the sheared off part came out remarkably easily! Hurrah!

 

Exhaust is now bolted back on securely and not blowing at all, so hopefully can go and have a gentle drive soon, next weekend most likely.

 

Despite owning a Westfield for about 16 years in total, I’m still pretty clueless on doing anything much to it, so this counts as a win 👍👍

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sean Walsh]

Good job - tricky little job that!

Adge strikes again!

 

[hammie]

Well done. 

 

A tip if anyone else has this type of job to do. Stuff some rag down the ports to prevent any flying swarf getting in especially if on the inlet. Or masking tape over the head.  Exhaust should just blow out.

 

I'm restoring a Fiat coupe 16v turbo and changed the discs yesterday. Fiat use a tapered stud to retain the disc and locate wheel. All 8 sheared off 2 on each wheel. I was able to center the drill bit first through the old disc and managed to drill them all out and then run a tap down to clean the threads.

[hammie]

[marka]

On 16/07/2023 at 15:47, fatblokestu said:

Despite owning a Westfield for about 16 years in total, I’m still pretty clueless on doing anything much to it, so this counts as a win 👍👍

Well done, a great result.

Very new to Westfields myself,  but always very keen to learn how to do stuff myself, as like you, not that mechanically minded, but would love to be! At 67 I am never too old to learn, as long as getting underneath is not an option. 🤣🤣

 

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

4 hours ago, hammie said:

A tip if anyone else has this type of job to do. Stuff some rag down the ports to prevent any flying swarf getting in especially if on the inlet. Or masking tape over the head.  Exhaust should just blow out.

Thanks very much, and a very good tip! I didn’t even this of that 🤪