Help taking that broken bolt out
with some patience you might be lucky....
1) Clean the area very well, spray with alcohol many times to clean up any residue left on it.
2) Take sandpaper, and sand with a low grit (maybe 100-300 grit??)
3) Try glues like JB WELD, or any other stronger metal adhesive (I don't know any others beside JB WELD) and glue the BOLT back together as best as possible (making sure not to accidentally glue the metal base you're trying to remove the bolt from). **NOTE: AFTER JB WELD CURES, MAKE SURE TO USE THE BEST PENETRATING FLUIDS FOR REMOVAL** (Link for best reference to the best penetrating oils i found the other day:
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You can also try to take really strong vice grips, shave 1 side, and shave the other side, (making the bolt flat), and turning it to remove the bolt.
GL!
1) Clean the area very well, spray with alcohol many times to clean up any residue left on it.
2) Take sandpaper, and sand with a low grit (maybe 100-300 grit??)
3) Try glues like JB WELD, or any other stronger metal adhesive (I don't know any others beside JB WELD) and glue the BOLT back together as best as possible (making sure not to accidentally glue the metal base you're trying to remove the bolt from). **NOTE: AFTER JB WELD CURES, MAKE SURE TO USE THE BEST PENETRATING FLUIDS FOR REMOVAL** (Link for best reference to the best penetrating oils i found the other day:
You can also try to take really strong vice grips, shave 1 side, and shave the other side, (making the bolt flat), and turning it to remove the bolt.
GL!
Last edited by XxGoKoUxX; Dec 30, 2018 at 11:50 AM. Reason: FORGOT ONE STEP
with some patience you might be lucky....
1) Clean the area very well, spray with alcohol many times to clean up any residue left on it.
2) Take sandpaper, and sand with a low grit (maybe 100-300 grit??)
3) Try glues like JB WELD, or any other stronger metal adhesive (I don't know any others beside JB WELD) and glue the BOLT back together as best as possible (making sure not to accidentally glue the metal base you're trying to remove the bolt from). **NOTE: AFTER JB WELD CURES, MAKE SURE TO USE THE BEST PENETRATING FLUIDS FOR REMOVAL** (Link for best reference to the best penetrating oils i found the other day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUEob2oAKVs)
You can also try to take really strong vice grips, shave 1 side, and shave the other side, (making the bolt flat), and turning it to remove the bolt.
GL!
1) Clean the area very well, spray with alcohol many times to clean up any residue left on it.
2) Take sandpaper, and sand with a low grit (maybe 100-300 grit??)
3) Try glues like JB WELD, or any other stronger metal adhesive (I don't know any others beside JB WELD) and glue the BOLT back together as best as possible (making sure not to accidentally glue the metal base you're trying to remove the bolt from). **NOTE: AFTER JB WELD CURES, MAKE SURE TO USE THE BEST PENETRATING FLUIDS FOR REMOVAL** (Link for best reference to the best penetrating oils i found the other day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUEob2oAKVs)
You can also try to take really strong vice grips, shave 1 side, and shave the other side, (making the bolt flat), and turning it to remove the bolt.
GL!
Is that a valve cover bolt? Can you fit a drill and a drill it out? Or if you have a dremel grind the side use a strong channel locks.
Did you not have luck with heat? Did you use a strong propane torch? Try this once you grind the edges, heat the bolt then hose it with pb blast or wd40. Then heat it again and with it very hot grab a tight grip on the channel locks and it should come off. Or if not loosly mount the cover drive to a fabrication/welding shop pay them to remove it, most likely they will weld a nut on it, in about 10min they will have it remove. But its best to fix it right or else it would most likely bother even if it didnt leak
Did you not have luck with heat? Did you use a strong propane torch? Try this once you grind the edges, heat the bolt then hose it with pb blast or wd40. Then heat it again and with it very hot grab a tight grip on the channel locks and it should come off. Or if not loosly mount the cover drive to a fabrication/welding shop pay them to remove it, most likely they will weld a nut on it, in about 10min they will have it remove. But its best to fix it right or else it would most likely bother even if it didnt leak
Is that a valve cover bolt? Can you fit a drill and a drill it out? Or if you have a dremel grind the side use a strong channel locks.
Did you not have luck with heat? Did you use a strong propane torch? Try this once you grind the edges, heat the bolt then hose it with pb blast or wd40. Then heat it again and with it very hot grab a tight grip on the channel locks and it should come off. Or if not loosly mount the cover drive to a fabrication/welding shop pay them to remove it, most likely they will weld a nut on it, in about 10min they will have it remove. But its best to fix it right or else it would most likely bother even if it didnt leak
Did you not have luck with heat? Did you use a strong propane torch? Try this once you grind the edges, heat the bolt then hose it with pb blast or wd40. Then heat it again and with it very hot grab a tight grip on the channel locks and it should come off. Or if not loosly mount the cover drive to a fabrication/welding shop pay them to remove it, most likely they will weld a nut on it, in about 10min they will have it remove. But its best to fix it right or else it would most likely bother even if it didnt leak
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You dont know a friend with a mig welder or preferably a tig welder, wouldnt take long to zap a nut on that
that bolt shouldn't ever rust so did you crossthread it and it got stuck and you broke it? I broke 2 or 3 headbolts FLAT by overtorquing them on this car not realizing torque angle gauge doesn't work once the bolt is so tight that it starts binding.. but because the bolts head was snapped they were SUPER easy to get out. I just drilled a little hole in the bolt and hammered a small hex key in there just to turn it enough for me to be able to grab it with my fingers..
if it's stuck due to crossthread you might still be able to mig weld a nut onto whats left and try to turn it quick before the aluminum shrinks again, but not too quick to let the weld cool down and solidify. like 5-10 seconds
if it's stuck due to crossthread you might still be able to mig weld a nut onto whats left and try to turn it quick before the aluminum shrinks again, but not too quick to let the weld cool down and solidify. like 5-10 seconds
Last edited by potatomon; Jan 5, 2019 at 06:17 AM.
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