sheered studs

[television]

weld a bar on the bolt stubs and unwind them

Sounds like a job for your local indie

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

Nick, sadly the hole is only 20mm in diameter, and it will have broken off 18mm down the hole.

Malcolm

 

[benzburner]

what about an "easy-out"?

a workmate told me about them today. my main two problems are 1)the stiffness of the bolts and 2) lousy access.

 

[turnipsock]

I still think these are worth a go. It basically a left hand taper that cuts in. The more pressure you apply, the more grip you get.

There is even a picture of a man using them on a wheel bolt!

 

[Myros]

go on then Turnip

tell us what they are called, where we get them and how much they cost. they look invaluable.
I used a stud extractor onthe SL steering wheel retaining bolt last year. I had to drill down, tapering the hole as I went from 10mm to about 6mm by the time I'd gone deep enough. The extractor worked fine, so fine in fact that I haven't been able to remove it from the retaining bolt.


Sorry Turnip, I have just seen your earlier post. £19.99 what a bargain. Just think of the saving in skinned knuckles alone. I'm having some.

 

[television]

. The extractor worked fine, so fine in fact that I haven't been able to remove it from the retaining bolt.

If you put it in the freezer for 24 hours, then take it out and heat it with a torch, it will come out.

Malcolm

 

[Blobcat]

If you put it in the freezer for 24 hours, then take it out and heat it with a torch, it will come out.

Malcolm

I would recommend a gas blow torch rather than just a torch , AA batteries are good for light but not great at heating things up .
If you can get hold of it, freezer spray is great for this kind of thing. It is also very effective at removing chewing gum from clothes.

 

[television]

I would recommend a gas blow torch rather than just a torch , AA batteries are good for light but not great at heating things up .
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OK I have seen the light and can take a battery:lol:

Malcolm

 

[Myros]

or I could just be old-fashioned

and put the retaining nut in a vice and apply opposite torque in huge amounts. I haven't needed that extractor since, which is why it is still "involved" with the nut.
I've just ordered those socket things from screwfix, and a shed load of other stuff as well. Curse you Turnip, for making me spend my money again.
I checked the Sealey catalogue ( there's a Machine Mart not far from me), but I couldn't see anything similar.

 

[turnipsock]

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/sea/searchresults.jsp?_dyncharset=UTF-8&howMany=5&searchText=96028-81&x=7&y=9

Myros...here you go.

They are a useful piece of equipment, they are great on nuts as well as bolts.

The standard set comes with five sizes, but there are another five sizes you can buy.

 

[Myros]

ordered yesterday

delivered today.Now that's what I call old-fashioned customer service. Can't wait to try them on some tight, rounded-off nuts..........

 

[television]

delivered today.Now that's what I call old-fashioned customer service. Can't wait to try them on some tight, rounded-off nuts..........

Pardon ?

Malcolm