Help with a broken bolt..

**Draven** · 05-02-2010, 01:37 AM

or call bolt removal specialists and hope for the best.

No matter what, it's a bit of a game of luck, and a totally shit situation

**the_random_hero** · 05-02-2010, 01:44 AM

Another fairly easy option is to screw a nut onto the end and weld the sucker on there. Obviously your turning power is increased dramatically so you can much more easily snap the bolt further off in the block, or chew the ass out of the thread.

**Casey-G** · 05-02-2010, 01:45 AM

Originally Posted by the_random_hero

Another fairly easy option is to screw a nut onto the end and weld the sucker on there. Obviously your turning power is increased dramatically so you can much more easily snap the bolt further off in the block, or chew the ass out of the thread.

i think he snapped the remainder of the bolt off kindof a poo poo situation.

**TRDcelica90** · 05-02-2010, 08:57 PM

thanks everyone for ur help.. shitest situation ive been in with my car.. im not confident that an easy out will get this bolt out. its so stuck..

where abouts can i get this yield stuff from?? and whats it gonna cost me.. my easy outs were 30. prob shouldve got it drilled out for an extra 25-50

cheers

**Javal** · 05-02-2010, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by the_random_hero

Even better - Rost Off

It's amazing what that stuff will loosen, craps all over WD40 any day of the week.

Rost off ice >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rost Off.

Stuff's really quite expensive but dear GOD it is good.

**allencr** · 06-02-2010, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by TRDcelica90

im not confident that an easy out will get this bolt out. its so stuck..

Originally Posted by AL510

In most cases where a bolt has snapped off when you are undoing is because the bolt has siezed in the hole.as apposed to snapping when doing it up which is from over tightening. an easy out is usefull in the second case but nearly useless in the first case unless you do something to loosen first.

If the threads are frozen it'll need heat AND/OR penetrating oil(wd40 is not) to loosen it. The ezout metal is pretty strong, but still not as strong as the bolt that's almost twice its size. If the bolt has broken, it cannot be removed by something half its size without being loosened up first.

http://www.asashop.org/autoinc/may2003/techtotech.htm
http://www.brokentap.com/index.html

**HAVABEER** · 06-02-2010, 02:21 PM

can't add a sugestion for getting it out but

when you go to put it back in, buy some nickle anti sieze stuff and put that on your bolts before you put them back in

something along the lines of this http://www2.blackwoods.com.au/infoBA...2176&P=7761202

will stop the problem from happening again

**TRDcelica90** · 18-02-2010, 09:34 PM

Thanks heaps everyone, seems like toyotas are pretty famous for having this problem lol.

Well "The Thread Doctor" is coming over tomorrow to drill it out and my car should be going from its 1.5months sleep.. miss the old beast, but now it will have a garrett so im very interested on how it will go.

thanks guys