How to remove a broken . . .
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Good ideas. Unfortunately I can't ever remember breaking a bolt off far enough down in the hole to use a threaded guide. Seems like the bolts break off just above or one thread below the surface. I must be an unlucky grease monkey.
You and me both....Those videos make it look so easy. A steel bolt broken off in aluminum is going to be corroded in there solid......And, its hardly ever in a spot thats easy to get at. The centering jig thingy is pretty cool though.
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Someone else posted these. It's a crock imo. Those little guides are expensive. Every bolt I've broken off is flush with the outside. A welder and a nut is your best bet if you cant center punch it, drill with left hand bits and use an extractor.
Something that's easier to weld to the broken bolt is a flat washer. Then lay your nut on the washer and weld it to that. Someone told me about that many years ago and it works.
Trying to weld down through the hole in a nut can be a hassle in some locations.
Trying to weld down through the hole in a nut can be a hassle in some locations.
The washer first works good too. I weld the center of the washer than around the outside of the nut to the washer.
I guess I'm used to working with bolts around 5/8 and above. If you have a mig it's even easier...at least for me. I'm not the best stick welder.
I guess I'm used to working with bolts around 5/8 and above. If you have a mig it's even easier...at least for me. I'm not the best stick welder.
Been down this road already. How to remove broken bolts
Thought this had been posted before.
Patience I have little of!
For some reason I really doubt that.
