Broken Header bolt . . . how to remove?

[TokenV6]

Okay, as luck would have it, I finally got my headers installed and was tightening down the last bolt when UGH! it snapped off.

I snapped off the front-most bolt on the passenger side, and it's pretty well recessed. I can't seem to get a drill in there to help work it out.

Anyone know a good answer to this riddle. I'm a little depressed about it.

[snatch]

dejavue...Sucks

[FloydSummerOf68]

Off the top of my head I can't think of anything. It would help if I could see it...but I can't.
If I think of anything I'll post it up.
Good luck man, that blows.

[RallyRed 98]

tap and die sets tend to be more compact... try using one of those. it'll take a while but it's worth a shot for a stripped bolt.

[TokenV6]

But it isn't striped, it's broken off . . . inside my head! UGH! . . . my poor car.

[FloydSummerOf68]

Heh...just leave it there....its not comin out dude...sorry [img]tongue.gif[/img]

(thats probably not acctually a good idea :D )

[TokenV6]

And the worst that can happen if I leave it in there? - warped headers and exhaust leak. -- me thinks bad idea.

I'm trying to figure out if I can slap some quick steel on the end and turn it out after everything hardens together.

[chas]

you might try a right angle drill attachment. or a smaller drill. you are going to need to drill a hole in the bolt bit remaining in the hole. the use a bolt extractor (it looks a bit like a screw with the threads going the wrong way so that when you place it in the hole you just drilled and turn it with a drill counterclockwise it will dig in and hopefully turn the bolt.)

the hard part is drilling a hole in the bolt bit that still in the head.

if the bolt is sticking out enough you might try slotting it so you could go at it with a screwdriver.

[TokenV6]

It's not sticking out at all. (grrrr)

I'm going to hit Sears tomorrow and see if I can find something (that right-angled thingy was also mentioned by someone else).

Hey how far are you from Tyson's Corner? (not far? come stair at the car with us tomorrow! :D )

[speedy-v6-camaro]

Why are all these people breaking header bolts....20 ft-lbs is all you need...the only way to break a bolt is to really get on it...just tighten them till they are snug.

[AllTheGoodNamesAreGone]

probably cuase the dont have/use a torque wrench.. like tards..

[snatch]

"probably cuase the dont have/use a torque wrench.. like tards.."
That is the single most F'd up thing Ive read on here. I was taking my old one off, alot of good a TQ wrench would have done :rolleyes: . Your a flaming homo....

[ January 17, 2004: Message edited by: snatch ]</p>

[AllTheGoodNamesAreGone]

was i talking to you?

the guy that started this thread was clearly tightning a bolt..

[snatch]

you said "the" which Im assuming you meant they which would include me or anyone who broke a header bolt in your statement!

[imported_admin]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by speedy-v6-camaro:
Why are all these people breaking header bolts....20 ft-lbs is all you need...the only way to break a bolt is to really get on it...just tighten them till they are snug.<hr></blockquote>

Because it seems no V6 header kits include new bolts, so people re-use the old ones instead of getting a new set from Advance for $30. Bolts that have been sitting in an engine block for six years will break with almost no force applied at all.

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by AllTheGoodNamesAreGone:
probably cuase the dont have/use a torque wrench.. like tards..<hr></blockquote>

You are a ****ing moron. If you can't think of something intelligent to say in the TECH FORUMS, shut the **** up and don't say anything at all. :mad:

[ January 18, 2004: Message edited by: Stefan ]</p>