Re: HELP (Insert EXPLERLATIVE here.) FUBAR FUBAR FUBAR
Re: HELP (Insert EXPLERLATIVE here.) FUBAR FUBAR FUBAR -- Mark Suarez	Post Reply	Top of thread	Maverick Message Board

Posted by: Ken Merring ® 2001/07/17, 16:16:39 Author Profile

What I do in these situations when no other option is feasible. Take the head back off. Use acetlyene torch and melt the bolt out using a cutting head. If not to much heat is used you will only melt the bolt and not the cast iron. If the threads are still useful then run a bottoming tap in to clean up threads. If not then drill to the oversize needed to put in a Heli-Coil insert. I asume the original size is 5/16. This is a last resort to save a part or start over with another head. Another tip when a bolt is froze in alum. is to heat the bolt a bright red, let it cool and most times it will come out. This all sounds drastic but may save money in replacement parts. Ken

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