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No drilling....No welding.....
Had my passenger side engine mount bracket bolts shear on me Saturday morning. By 3 pm that afternoon, had the old broken bolts out and new grade 8s in. All without drilling or welding to them. How you ask?
Easy. With a dremel tool and a cutting disc. Cut a single slot in them about 1/8 deep - yes you do cut into the boss a tad but nothing damaging. Then hit it for 5 minutes with heat from a MAPP torch and then turn them out with a stubby flat head screwdriver. Nothing to it, no fighting to get a rill in there, no having to drag out the welder.
I had all broken bolt ends out within 15 minutes. Took me longer to go to the store and buy new bolts (3/8" x 1") and washers then it did to remove the old ones!
Thought I pass this on.
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07-24-2006, 07:33 PM
