Bolt removal recommendations.

[jphonger@hotmail.com (John Hong)]

soak it with penetrating oil overnight. In the morning, heat it up really 
hot with some torches, then try using the bolt remover, while it is really 
hot.  another thing you can do is get it red hot and then spray it with 
water to cool it,  do this about 4 or five times, and it should come out 
pretty easy.  we used that trick on bleeder valves that were stuck in and 
stripped.  after that trick we could loosen them with pliers.  Hope that 
helps.

>From: "Tyler Pease" <uberzip@attbi.com>
>To: "List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Bolt removal recommendations.
>Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 21:52:01 -0700
>
>Don't even ask how it happened, it was just one of those days where
>everything goes bad on a really simple job.
>
>Any way while trying to replace my water pump on my 8 valve I snapped
>off both of the lower bolts (the long ones) and they are stuck in the
>engine block.  Mark it up to stupidity and errosion :o(
>
>I went to the store and bought a set of reversed thread bolt removers
>where you drill a whole down the center of the broken bolt and then you
>screw in these and and once they are tight they start to unscrew the
>bolt.  Well, I tried one of the smaller ones and quickly snapped the tip
>of it off inside my bolt.  This sucks because its hardened steel and
>really hard to drill through but its such a small bit of it that I
>should be able to grind it out with my dremal.  On the other bolt I have
>drilled a much bigger hole and will be able to screw in a much thicker
>bolt remover but am scared this one will snap too.  I also bought some
>of that spray that's suppose to lubricate stuck bolts.  Are there any
>other suggestions out there before I go back on Wednesday and have
>another go at it?  That's about it, thanks for any help...


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