New England B.S. Thread

Anyone recommend a good set of bolt extractors. I may attempt to remove the sheared bolt that's supposed to be holding the little rear brake line junction thing to my rear axle this weekend. The set I have didn't work last time I tried.

 

How do you do that?

 

Bring up what you want on your phone and take a screen shot by holding the power button up on the top right and the button at the bottom of the screen. Quick edit press and hold both at same time

 

How big of a bolt are we talking about? I have a set of these that I use on the larger stuff, but if it's smaller and protrudes at all I usually drown it in PB Blaster for a few days and then clamp onto it with a set of vice grips dialed down as tight as I can get them and reef it out that way.

For bigger stuff:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_62099-281-394002_0__?productId=3732937&Ntt=bolt+extractor&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dbolt%2Bextractor&facetInfo=

For smaller stuff:

http://www.lowes.com/pd_97480-281-0502L3D_0__?productId=3071635&Ntt=locking+pliers&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dlocking%2Bpliers&facetInfo=

And then when that doesn't work, I've hammered nuts onto the bolt stalk and welded them in place before, but that's the absolute last resort because it's such a pain in butt.

 

I think he meant, how'd he bring up the list of posters in order for this thread.

 

Correct

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/misc.php?do=whoposted&t=204874

That like is from the post count shown for this thread.

 

Small, like 10-12mm. The problem is its recessed into the little bracket I'm trying to get it out of so I cant grab it with vice grips

 

I've got a set of these:



And I've got the slug that you hit with a hammer and it turns the blow into rotational force. I prefer to cut when applicable or drill out and remove.

 

Ooh...that sucks. If it's big enough to grab with those tornado sockets then hammer one of those suckers on and see if she'll grab. If not...Can you bend the bracket at all to let you get at the stub?

 

Get a drill bit that's smaller than the bolt. Drill down the middle until its out the other side. Try to pry the shell of the bolt into itself, keep stepping up in drill bit size if it wont cave. But don't get a bit that is the same size or you will fuck up the threads.

 

Go to your control panel, look to the right where it says how many posts there are and click on that.

 

It would be nice if it would just come out on its own...its in such a pita place too

 

Oops nevermind

 

Very cool

 

Seth;

Here's a variation on the "pound a nut on and welt it in place" tactic.
Looks pretty effective, I may have to try it next time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSOg7aQ44eg

 

So 2/3 of Alex's posts have been in the B.S. thread... He really is a bullshit artist

 

That just seems like a collossal waste of time unless you snapped off a huge ass bolt. If you have drill out the bolt anyways, you might as well drill the whole thing out and tap the hole. No welder needed.

 

I wish we didn't have so much damn CaCl on the roads up here. Its killer on all the random small bolts

 

Unfortunatley i cant run those wheels without the spacers because the offset isnt big enough to clear the calipers.