I have seen recommended this technique: 1: Find a washer with a hole a bit smaller then the bolt. 2: TIG weld it to the stump (through the hole). 3: Weld a nut to the washer. 4: Unscrew it with the net.
Unfortunately this assumes you have a TIG welder and you know how to use it... If you do a lousy welding job you may just end up welding the stump to the block! Doug Braun '72 Spit At 06:10 PM 1/15/2006 -0600, you wrote: >Things were going well with torqing the conrods back on, repainting the oil >pan, etc. > >So I go to torque the oil pump back on. Snap. Ugh. One of the 3 bolts snapped >right off, even though I >sweare it wasn't quite 100% in yet. > >So a few drill bits later, and all I have is a tapering hole in the broken-off >section of the bolt. > >I even tried screwing a nut back on the remaning(sticking out) area, dremeling >a gap and using a screwdriver >but no luck. Any suggestions? What drill bits are appropriate for this? I >noticed the metal-colored ones >I tried(small ones) broke off. Last thing I tried(with a real drill, not a >Dremel) was use the remainder of >the drill bit to bore it in sideways. Of course, it's so smooth now(after so >much work) I can't jam a screwdriver >in there. > >Even though it's bad, could a oil pump work with only 2 of the bolts in? I'm >kind of running out of ideas. > >Ugh, I hate these broken bolt setbacks. Unfortunately, it seems to be one of >the worst places to break off a bolt. Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html === This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register === http://www.vtr.org === Help keep Team.Net on the air === http://www.team.net/donate.html === unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try === http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool === Other lists available at === http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo === Archives at http://www.team.net/archive === http://www.team.net/the-local === Edit your replies!
