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Old 06-25-2019, 12:06 PM   #69 (permalink)
Shaneajanderson
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
I bought an automatic centerpunch and more left-handed drill bits. Mine are in storage? The top motor mount was in the way, so I tried to remove it. Brought out the jack, sprayed the bolts with WD-40, and the first one started rounding.

Forget that!

I drilled a tiny hole with the 1/64" bit, moved up, but when I tried the third bit, it broke off in the stump, and a fragment bounced off my face.

I had planned on trying to use a bolt extractor in a 1/4" socket, but now I need to extract the bit before I can extract the stump.

This is the closest store that sells tools: https://www.calranch.com/diamond-hoo...t-handed.html#

That set is twice as expensive as Harbor Freight's, but they do not have a 90° drill attachment, so I still need to go to HF

By the way, I used my compressor to blow out my engine before I put everything back together. It got out dust and stuff. If it did not expel any fasteners, I am sure it would have rattled them.

My only current morning client canceled yet again. I have not seen them for almost two months. I was actually supposed to see my afternoon clients today, but I forgot.

Maybe I would not have broken the bolt had I remembered.

So, no Tuesday clients, either.
Is this bolt broken off in aluminum? If so get one youtube and look up "removing head bolts with alum" or something close to that, from a channel titled AvE. He curses like a drunken sailor, but the guy is brilliant.

If it's cast iron then you're back to the extractor, or if you have a stub hanging out you could try tacking a nut on and turning it out that way.
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