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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: john4130 on September 18, 2010, 11:17 PM
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so i have a second generation tuf neck stem with a snapped bolt stuck in, my intention was to drill it and use an easy out, simple. drilled the bolt and snapped the easy out >:( used my cordless dremel to grind out the easy out. 2 hours it took, drilled the hole a bit bigger and snapped another easy out. another 2 hours of grinding it out with the cordless dremel. 3rd time lucky i thought then snapped another easy out trying to remove it, :idiot2: started grinding it out and both batteries for the dremel were dying, i wasn't going to let it beat me so went to b&q and bought a corded dremel. no more easy outs for me, just grind the whole bolt out and put a tap through it. 8 hours later and about a dozen grinding wheels job done. i could have tore my hair out if i had any while doing this. i think next time i'll just buy a new stem :LolLolLolLol:
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Oh well, at least that's one that won't end up in the bin so it was worth it :daumenhoch:
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Sounds like a labour of love and deffo worth it as Bob said :daumenhoch:
You might have had better luck with drilling out the end of the bolt from the underside of the stem as the counter-clockwise movement might have freed up the bolt you might have found it unwound itself ;)
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or maybe buy a decent stud extractor next time, well done though :daumenhoch:
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i did drill it from the underside and then soaked it in wd40, i think the bolt had been in since day 1, i should have bought a decent set of easy outs tho. the one's i had were cheep crap and are now in the bin.
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i did drill it from the underside and then soaked it in wd40, i think the bolt had been in since day 1, i should have bought a decent set of easy outs tho. the one's i had were cheep crap and are now in the bin.
Diesel would have been a better choice for soaking it in ;)