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Triumph TR6 - Easy Outs

Does anyone have a preverence in broken bolt removers. I have one in my top trans cover and I had forgotten about it.
Don
DON KELLY

So,Don...........I suppose gnawing is out of the question?????

Rod
Rod Nichols

That is how it ended up below the cover.
Don
DON KELLY

Just food for thought. I have used torx bits that came with screwdriver sets as ez outs. Wouldn't work on a really stubborn bolt, but might on that one.
Tom

Don
You need to contact Bob Vila. He has the means:)
Rick C
Rick Crawford

Don,
No quick answer, but anecdotally, I just had a similiar experience. The one & only bolt in the floor that I did not soak with WD-40 overnight turned off at the floor pan. Drilled it out about 3/8" deep and inserted an easy out to remove the broken bolt. Doused it liberally with WD-40, a bit late I admit. It didn't want to turn too easily so I applied a small (3") crescent wrench on the easy-out and promptly seared off the easy-out!! Now what to do? tried to drill out the easy-out, but that must be hardened steel. It didn't drill very easily. Next, went underneath found the bolt, applied a vise grip and was unable to turn the bolt!! Only the vise grip turned. Retreated, would have had a bubbly pop to mull over the options, but alas, only had spring water which did nothing for my deliberations. Decided to douse the thing with a another liberal dose of WD-40 and wait a few days. I plan to try to turn the bolt forward through the nut since I ruined the threads on the end with the vise grip. If that doesn't work, guess it'll be back to trying to drill the sucker with a stronger bit.

The shop advisor showed me a product (empty can) for lubricating stuck bolts manufactured by a firm in Nashville TN called Silikroil. The firm is Kano Laboratories, probably on the web; phone 1-615-833-4101. Their product is reputed to work wonders for freeing stubborn connectors. Uses silicone and some deeply penetrating fluid that is supposed to penetrate 1/millionth inch space! I have not pursued this yet, but may if my stubborn bolts continues to resist all efforts!

Good luck with yours. At least I can get to the other end of my stuck bolt where you cannot.
db
Doug Baker

I am not familiar with the Silikroil, but have used Kano's AeroKroil for years, good stuff. However, Doug I think you are at the point where nothing like a nice application heat to do the trick. You will need to paint in the area of heat application, but that MAPP gas torch to loosen stuff like that up. You just haven't lived until you've turned in desperation to the torch in an effort to remove a siezed jet needle from your carb. It worked, but the sense of potential doom while I was heating things up was well up the scale.
SteveP

Steve,
I've been in a lot of situations where the proverbial pucker factor was the dominant player, and I have more than a little familiarity with explosives, but alas, NEVER have I taken a torch to an area which is naturally home to a volatile explosive. That's living on the edge for sure:)
db
Doug Baker

hack saw
Bryn

The jet needle was seized in the piston. Everything was disassembled, explosion/fire was not the concern. I was dreading the thought of dooming the carb piston to the state of pricey paperweight.

There was the time that we had a small fire in the lab while playing with thermitic reactions.......
SteveP

This thread was discussed between 18/04/2005 and 19/04/2005

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