justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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Looks to me like the drill was off center & the Eze OUt in in the threads. Its not coming out. IF that thing is in the threads at all, if the peaks & valleys of the interlocked threads had the drill invade them at all & that eze out is in there at all, its not turning,,Since its in aluminum, you cantheat it up, What you can do is grind it down & have someone weld a nut on it. Then youd have female threads to run into.
Eze outs are not well named & often take a bad situation & make it worse,
Removing a broken bolt requires technique, & developing that technique is painful. The Eze out isnt the first thing to go for. & before a drill gets put on the dutchman, the surface has to be readied. A centerpunch, OHHH to the CENTER is crucial. This is the basis for succeeding. Off center drilling on a dutchman is the first step to failure,
Avoiding this problem is much easier than fixing it. Antisieze is your friend. Remember these bolts arent the finest & overtightening has negative results..The technique, how the ratchet or wrench is held, what you feel for, is learned thru trial & error. Its not impossible to learn if someone will try to describe it. I think Ive described it well a few times & frankly, Im tired of typing it, maybe someone will drag it up or maybe no one thot it was worth reading,, I feel pretty confident that my technique is good, because I remember twisting things off years ago.& since its been so many years since I had one bite me, Ive got to believe Ive changed, So, either threaded things have all improved, or I already wrecked all the weak stuff, OR, Ive learned to work with threaded connectors without causing problems,,Im gonna say the years of experience have taught me how to feel for a thread coming tight or getting ready to let go, One thing is certain, blindly cranking on a bolt & not paying attention to every bit of feedback its giving you will bite you in the butt,,
All that said, anyone can encounter a weak casting or lousy bolt & get bit, theres no guarantee that paying attention will save yer butt every time, but not paying attention will get ya one day.. fer sure..
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