At my whits end with this.... k memeber bolts...

[sman]

I am ready to throw the towel in on this whole damn project! I broke the farthest back k member bolt on the driver side of my car getting the v6 out. I have tried everything! I drilled it out got an easy out in it and just broke the easy out in the bolt, broke clean off. Now Im really SOL the easy out is extremely hard and doesnt want to drill.

Open to any segguestions including cruching the car......

I need to get this fixt.

[MP81]

I think Brian did this to a few of his K-member bolts...?

[DETROITMUSCLE]

how hot did you get it before using the easy out Spencer? Heat will be you friend but first thing is trying to get that easy out out of there.

[sman]

I heated it up pretty good and it was soaking in kroil(sp?) for a couple days now.

[MiT/A'96]

I feel for ya ...
Good luck !!

[meissen]

We broke an exhaust manifold bolt off in the head. My dad used the easy out like you did and snapped it too. It cost us $150 to have the bolt drilled out and the threads helicoiled.

[sman]

At this point id pay 150, but I cant exactly take this somewhere....

[WMCCjames]

Snapped off an easy out huh...lol....now you did it! You'll never drill out one of those unless you have a solid carbide spade drill or a solid carbide end mill spun at super high speed.

Do you have a mig/tig welder handy? I have had luck welding nuts or bolts onto other snapped off fastners before to remove them. It can be tricky to get a good solid tack weld on such a small area but it can be done.

[Lucky SOB]

Do you have a mig/tig welder handy? I have had luck welding nuts or bolts onto other snapped off fastners before to remove them. It can be tricky to get a good solid tack weld on such a small area but it can be done.

exactly what i was going to recommend.

[slohand]

if you have a dremel, you can use those tiny cutoff wheels to slit the easy out.. you will have to slit into the kmember a bit, but at some point, you'll be able to break the easyout and get the pieces out, ask me how i know that... lol

[sman]

My dads gunna try and do some welding later, hes less than happy, "I should have waited and let him do it so it wouldnt break." Ill let you know what comes of it....

[Kwazrollinz28]

We broke an exhaust manifold bolt off in the head. My dad used the easy out like you did and snapped it too. It cost us $150 to have the bolt drilled out and the threads helicoiled.

Yeah while you were screwing around I lubed up your bolts, Oh god that sounded bad, But Anyways yes i lubed them and showed you where the 6 points were.


Secondly how'd you break those bad boys there thick as hell, And the ones far off in the body are a ***** to even get to GOOOOD LUCK.

[DETROITMUSCLE]

the welding sounds like the best option, good luck.

[98blackbeauty]

I have removed easyouts with a punch. by taping it backward to back it out. Usually the easyout only gets a bite going one way. depends if there is enough of a jagged edge to get punch on for this to work. the other possibility is carefully measure it out and drill in from the top hitting the end of the bolt. 1st I would try the punch or weld methods.

[steddy]

Carbide reverse-rotation bits (MAC Tools. Comes as a set of 5 or 6. 'round $30) and stick a torx bit in there. Well, let's say give the bit a good few taps. It's gotta get a good bite in there. Worked on my bike's exhaust a couple years back. I had taken it to a welder that was sure he could do it, then he brought it back and 10 minutes later, after doing this, I had the beast back together and runnin'.