Subject: Re: Gen Bracket Bold Blues; The Truth about Easy Outs
Author: Chuck Stottlemyer
Date: May 16, 2005, 7:01 PM
Post ID: 1718876189
Ok, I've had it with this.. been taking out broken stuff for 40 some
years now.. :)
Irwin makes a kit that includes eze outs with the proper sized left
handed cobalt drill bits to go with them. Nice little red box.
(1) *carefully* center punch the broken stud, bolt, etc exactly on center.
(2) spray with Aero Kroil. Dis stuff is da berrys. Accept no
substitutes.. :)
(3) Hit the center punch one more time.
(4) Wait a minute or so.
(5) drill with the left handed drill of the proper size all the way
through the stud.
(6) if that didn't get it out, try to back it out with an eze out, or
better yet SnapOn makes something that doesn't break as easily.
(7) Don't break the freakin eze out!! Jeeze. What are you thinkin??? :)
:) If you break the eze out, you're talkin carbide to drill it out of
there. Or an electrical discharge machine. A PITA, for sure. And expensive.
(8) By now, you know that it's not coming out without drilling it out.
(9) Drill with a left handed drill (tap drill size). If you did a good
job centering in step 1, you'll have usable threads left. The left
handed drill will probably pull all the junk from the threads. If it
doesn't, you'll have to retap.
(10) retap.
Total time 10 minutes max.
Nuttin to it. Hit me again Bartender..
Cheers!
Chuck in Indiana
98 Centauro
00 Jack-All hack tractor
73 Eldo project. someday
William Dudley wrote:
| Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Erase wrinkles without painful injections with Nexiderm SP. Nexiderm SP is clinically proven to reduce wrinkles by 68% Click here to get your 30-day free supply. http://click.topica.com/caadvf5b1dfltb7nKiOa/Nexiderm ------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a Free T-Mobile Sidekick II plus $500 towards service! Click here. http://click.topica.com/caaduFNb1dfltb7nKiOf/ProductTestPanel ------------------------------------------------------------------- |