[Ratty562]

havent had much luck redoing my cv's and when putting the the back bolts in one broke. should i get it drilled out or get another one

[mondo]

have you tried an easy out?

[zook95]

yeh i would try and easy out

[Ratty562]

ive never used one of them. are they easy to use

[shep]

do you own a welder?

[Scrawny]

That'll come out by hand. It's not like it's siezed in there

[mondo]

yea they are pretty simple to use, but sometimes the bolt is in to tight and turning too hard can break the easy out. in that case you have to drill it out a little bigger ( as close as possible to the thread| and re-tap the thread

[alien]

drill a small pilot hole roughly the same size as your phillips head screwdriver socket bit (but a touch smaller) - hit the screwdriver bit into the hole with one hard whack, and unscrew it.

[Ratty562]

no i dont have a welder.
ill get an easy out tomorrow and give that a go

thanks all

[mondo]

try aliens idea before spending money on an easy out, you will have to drill a hole anyway

[Ratty562]

how much is an easy out ?

[abclarke]

Youd pick up a decent set for pretty cheap (dont know exactly) but they are very useful to have!

[steak_knife]

easy out's blow, if you snap it in there you can't drill it, cause it's tool steel..

center punch the center of the busted bit, run a small drill down the gut's & increase drill bit size till you can pick out what's left of the bolt, if your lucky it will start turning with the drill, then just un screw it..

[got_bar_work]

I think I got a cheap set from super cheap for about $12 I think

[3cyl]

What Alien and Stekky said, should come out easy as it shouldn't have bottomed out in there.

[mondo]

steak_knife wrote:

easy out's blow, if you snap it in there you can't drill it, cause it's tool steel..

center punch the center of the busted bit, run a small drill down the gut's & increase drill bit size till you can pick out what's left of the bolt, if your lucky it will start turning with the drill, then just un screw it..

rough bastard

[joeblow]

See what happens when you paint things red that should be black?


Should come out easy enough.

[Ratty562]

i havent had much luck with this rebuild im over it atm and i havent done one side yet the first thing i did was i put the king pin bearing up side down so had to get the grinder out. and now this happens

[mrw82]

got_bar_work wrote:

I think I got a cheap set from super cheap for about $12 I think

the benefit of these sets is that if it does snap you CAN drill it out, they are soft as shit and completely useless.

a decent set (ie. sutton) will cost you $45 - $50.

[shakes]

mondo wrote:

steak_knife wrote:

easy out's blow, if you snap it in there you can't drill it, cause it's tool steel..

center punch the center of the busted bit, run a small drill down the gut's & increase drill bit size till you can pick out what's left of the bolt, if your lucky it will start turning with the drill, then just un screw it..

rough bastard

thats the way I'd go. at worst you end up redrilling the same size and you need to hellicoil or re-tap it.. snap off an easy out and your in a whole new world of pain