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Tip For Broken Bolts

09-08-2008, 07:47 PM

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CBari

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Tip For Broken Bolts

I Know That There Is A Post Somewhere About These But I Learned A New Trick Yesterday That Is So Simple And Amazing That It Musted Be Passed On.

After Heating And Drilling With Left Hand Drill Bits With No Luck And Try Ease Outs That Just Wanted To Break Off. (yea Broke One)

Here Is The Trick Heat The Broken Bolt Till It Is Cherry Red And Then Touch It With Parifin Wax And Melt It On The Hot Broken Bolt. The Simply Unscrew With Anything You Can Turn With. I Just Used A Screwdriver I Stuck In The Drilled Hole. I Did Three Bolts With This Trick All Unscrewed As If They Where Just Screwed In Only Minutes Before Handtight.

I Hope This Helps Someone Else From Getting As Frustrated As I Was.

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