hi, just one other idea, is get a nut and put it over the broken bit of the thread, then mig weld the hole in the nut up onto the broken thread. . thne hopefully you can use a spanner to undo.
mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:35 PM Subject: Re: broken screw > Hello Mark, > > I have only tackled that problem once, but I got one of those easy > outs from autopro for about $4 and that got it out like a charm - the > only problem I had is they have a really small drive on the back, > looks like 1/16th or something, but vice grips make do. Apparently > giving it a bit of a whack in the centre with a centre punch or > something like that can help loosen them up (not enough to damage it > thought). > > Wednesday, June 05, 2002, 3:33:19 PM, you wrote: > > MF> Hi listers, > > MF> I have struck a small problem with my L20B. One of the holes in the block where the engine mounts bolt into has half a screw in there but the head has snapped off. It is too far in to grip, so i > MF> was going to try to drill a hole in the screw and reverse thread it to get it out but i thought i'd ask if anyone had any good tricks for getting them out first. Any suggestions? > > MF> Thanks, > MF> Mark. > > MF> _____________________________________________________________ > MF> Get Your free Ozdat Email Account > --->> http://www.ozdat.com > > MF> _____________________________________________________________ > MF> Promote your group and strengthen ties to your members with [EMAIL PROTECTED] by Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net/?btn=tag > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
