Subject: Re: Gen Bracket Bold Blues; The Truth about Easy Outs
Author: William F. Dudley Jr.
Date: May 16, 2005, 6:19 PM
Post ID: 1718876047
(IMHO) Easy Outs are only good in the following situation:
You are assembling new parts, with a threaded stud/bolt that is
lubricated or Never-Siezed (Moly-disulphide) into a clean, threaded
hole, and for some reason, you over torque the bolt and snap it off
while tightening it into said lubricated hole. THEN, an Easy Out
will get the broken piece out.
On the other hand, if the bolt/stud has been put in with Lock-Tight,
(which has cured) or is rusted/corroded in place, then the Easy-Out
will NEVER be strong enough to crank out the bolt without snapping
off in the bolt.
So to a first approximation, just forget using an Easy-Out. Weld
something on the stud, or drill it out, or double-nut it, as everbody
else has suggested.
Bill Dudley
Who has successfully used and Easy-Out, but who has also broken several
of them.
72 Ambassador