Sponge Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 (edited) . Edited October 7, 2014 by Sponge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Just drill it out.Even if you do cock up the threads a little then you can just get it helicoiled. or just use the nut on the other side to hold it. Thats what I did on my old levelboss. The threads were compleatly gone, so I just used the nut to hold it in place, works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted March 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 cheers,any more suggestions guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 cheers,any more suggestions guys?Robs suggestion is pretty much all you can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyw Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 Boil your kettle and pour it over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 I agree, drilling it is what I would do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moza Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 Drill the bolt out then just put a nylock nut on the back of the bolt, saves getting it helicoiled.moza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam-pantera Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 grind the bolt head off and screw it off with mole grips ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted March 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 (edited) . Edited October 7, 2014 by Sponge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave85 Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 Seeing as there's a nut there, two possibilities:The frame is tapped like normal and the nut is there to lock the bolt in place. In which case you need to release the nut before the bolt will move.The frame has been drilled out in the past and the nut is the only fastener. In which case it should repond to hacking the head off the bolt and knocking the whole lot through.In the second case, drill it out. Center pop the remains of the bolt, drill to tapping size then run a taper tap through. I wouldnt exactly call that the lazy option If you snapped an allen key trying to get it out, putting more force on will probably only serve to tear the threads. So drill it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Si-man Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 Drill the head of the bolt off so the bash can come off. Them because you have released the tension of the bolt, you will be able to just undo the bit of bolt that is sticking out of the frame by hand. Have to do it all the time at work because of heavy handed bastards who cant use allen keys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 Drill it out, be so easy, then with your new bolt. Use some copper grease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutty22 Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 Another option you could try is what's called an "EEZIOUT". Basically you drill a small hole into the bolt (2 or 3 mm) and screw the eeziout in. It has a left handed spiral on it which draws it into the hole as you try to undo the bolt. The harder you try and undo it the tighter it gets in the hole meaning the bolt will eventually come out.Only problem is, these are not very common so you would need to find an engineering shop or something similar to help you out. I can get hold of these so if all else fails, PM me and i'll send you one to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 Another option you could try is what's called an "EEZIOUT". Basically you drill a small hole into the bolt (2 or 3 mm) and screw the eeziout in. It has a left handed spiral on it which draws it into the hole as you try to undo the bolt. The harder you try and undo it the tighter it gets in the hole meaning the bolt will eventually come out.Only problem is, these are not very common so you would need to find an engineering shop or something similar to help you out. I can get hold of these so if all else fails, PM me and i'll send you one to try.can get them all over the place.There you go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 (edited) Just drill it out.Even if you do cock up the threads a little then you can just get it helicoiled. or just use the nut on the other side to hold it. Thats what I did on my old levelboss. The threads were compleatly gone, so I just used the nut to hold it in place, works fine.You could be this, but unfortunately the bolts used for bashplates are high tensile steel, and so are drill bits.Now drill bits are harder, but I still shattered one when trying to drill the snapped end out of my frame.I would grind the rest of the bash off with an angle grinder, then clamp some of the biggest mole grips you can gets your hands on round the rest of the bolt (might be an idea to grind two flats on the countersunk head first) and wiggle it back and forth until it frees up.Or just run with no bash, as the newer pythons do. Edited March 8, 2007 by KuelMuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 take a grinder to the fanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Cable Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 take a grinder to my mums fanny to get through the crust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 How the hell did you shatter a drill bit!!Im always drilling high tensile bolts, and dont even blunt the bits!What bits you using??HSS is what you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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