Broken bolt extraction - how would you handle this?

[Neilk]

Originally Posted by widebody911

Unfortunately my first priority when I get home from work today is to address my SMG failure

Ouch... will that be a separate thread?

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by Neilk

Ouch... will that be a separate thread?

Thankfully not. When I unlocked the car first this thing morning I didn't hear the SMG pump kick in. Started up the car and it refused to go into gear. When I got home I swapped in a new relay that I had stashed in the car - even had the correct torx driver in the car, too. That was it. I did have to drive the 356 to work today though...

[Tobra]

Had to drive the 356, oh the humanity

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by Tobra

Had to drive the 356, oh the humanity

No A/C! Luckily it wasn't very hot.

[widebody911]

Spent a little time on it today; got another few mm in on the left side, and then I started working on the right side. My pilot hole on the right side is about 18mm deep at this point.

[widebody911]

I have the full 25mm cleaned out on the left side; I ordered a bottoming tap so I can cut the threads all the way down.

[widebody911]

On the right side, I found a golden unicorn that pees beer

[LEAKYSEALS951]

^ Bravo!!!!!!!

[Don Plumley]

Nice!

[javadog]

Don't run a tap into the left side hole until you've made sure that you've removed all traces of the steel threads from the hole.

[aigel]

I have to say - very well done!

When bolts snap, that's usually when I ask myself: "WTF am I doing effing with this stupid old POS car - I could be watching the game and eating chicken wings like the other guys right now"...

G

[widebody911]

Done! Finished cleaning up the threads and got the studs installed today; I tested it with my starter-rig bellhousing and everything held. I got the engine back in the car without incident this afternoon.

Thanks again for help; if you're ever in the area, the beer is on me.

[Khal]

I've been following this thread hoping for success. Nice and congrats



I'm a picture is a thousand words kind of guy.

Edit: I nominate this somehow to best practices solutions of broken bolts in the pelican archive if there have one.
This thread is very handy when this crap happens to us.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by aigel

I have to say - very well done!

When bolts snap, that's usually when I ask myself: "WTF am I doing effing with this stupid old POS car - I could be watching the game and eating chicken wings like the other guys right now"...

G

Yea but how do you feel just after fixing that "POS car" and she's running sweet?

Meanwhile the other guys are getting fatter every day.

[VincentVega]

nice work, you recovered well