Broken bit nightmare
96XJPete
01-24-2007, 08:16 PM
My buddy & I were installing a RE SYE hack n tap on my Cherokee without removing the TC. Everything was going smoothly until he snapped off a bit while drilling a pilot hole in the hacked end of the TC output shaft. It is a 1/16" titanium bit drilled in about 1" deep. The bit broke not only at the end of the hacked shaft but also about a 1/4" into the shaft. (So there is roughly 3/4 of an inch still in there.) Though it probably wasn't the best idea, we grabbed a slightly larger titanium bit and drilled in until we hit the broken bit and couldn't go any further. If you are familiar with RE's hack n tap system then you will know that there isn't much tolerance for screwing up this hole which will ultimately need to be about 5/16 of an inch when all is said and done. But in the meantime, we are stuck. Can anyone recommend a way to either extract or drill through the 1/16" titanium bit without causing any unnecessary damage to the output shaft?? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
Thanks
AlohaBra
01-26-2007, 01:28 AM
PM sent to you for your problem...
96XJPete
02-04-2007, 06:38 PM
Just in case anyone in a similar situation stumbles across this in a search, the answer to my problem turned out to be a tungsten carbide cutting bit for a Dremel. It took a couple hours to get through the stuck titanium bit, but that was far quicker than any of the progress I was making with anything else I tried. One bit will do the trick. Cost me about $8 bucks at the hardware store.
Thanks again to AlohaBra for pointing me in the right direction.
Thanks again to AlohaBra for pointing me in the right direction.
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