Victory is mine!!!
This post shall be dedicated to my victory over the broken bolt.
I managed to get that broken bolt out without disturbing the threads. It was initially not promising at all. It was very difficult to see if I was drilling at the correct angle and also right in the center of the sheared off bolt. But with my little Harbor Freight left hand bit set and Harbor Freight right angle power drill, I was able to get that fooker out. A tip I read about was to use some brake line or other pipe to guide the bit in there and not bugger up the threads.
Copious pictures to memorialize the first time I was able to extract a broken bolt successfully.
Got to this point below and thought I was screwed. Went up to a bigger size and then decided to go back to a smaller size and drill it out some more. Then went back up to a bigger size again.
The trick is to go super slow and do not get eager. Be patient. Once I drilled again with the smaller bit and went what seemed fairly deep, I gave the larger bit the opportunity to get some purchase on the walls of the smaller hole. Then I felt resistance. Lots of it. Gave it more torque and bam! The remainder of the bolt backed out clean.
Was super surprised I was as accurate as I was.
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I splurged on myself the other day at Harbor Freight and bought a rolling cart. I had a lot of tools, tons of sockets and specialty tools and the like, but I was working out of three tool bags and then some smaller tool pouches. This thing was a bitch to put together, but having all my tools in one place and on wheels is a godsend.
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This post shall be dedicated to my victory over the broken bolt.
I managed to get that broken bolt out without disturbing the threads. It was initially not promising at all. It was very difficult to see if I was drilling at the correct angle and also right in the center of the sheared off bolt. But with my little Harbor Freight left hand bit set and Harbor Freight right angle power drill, I was able to get that fooker out. A tip I read about was to use some brake line or other pipe to guide the bit in there and not bugger up the threads.
Copious pictures to memorialize the first time I was able to extract a broken bolt successfully.
Got to this point below and thought I was screwed. Went up to a bigger size and then decided to go back to a smaller size and drill it out some more. Then went back up to a bigger size again.
The trick is to go super slow and do not get eager. Be patient. Once I drilled again with the smaller bit and went what seemed fairly deep, I gave the larger bit the opportunity to get some purchase on the walls of the smaller hole. Then I felt resistance. Lots of it. Gave it more torque and bam! The remainder of the bolt backed out clean.
Was super surprised I was as accurate as I was.
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I splurged on myself the other day at Harbor Freight and bought a rolling cart. I had a lot of tools, tons of sockets and specialty tools and the like, but I was working out of three tool bags and then some smaller tool pouches. This thing was a bitch to put together, but having all my tools in one place and on wheels is a godsend.
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