tonyalbers Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Ok guys, I've been at it all day now and I'm starting to see weird creatures lurking in the background now.. I wanted to get rid of the chirping and clicking caused by a failing exhaust manifold gasket, when the upper rearmost bolt showed up to be snapped 3mm belov the surface of the cylinder head. I've tried numerous things, drilling a small hole in the remaining bolt and using one of these fancy things with an opposite thread to see if I could get it out. Unfortunately the drill snapped in the bolt, so now i have a cylinder head with a hardened steel bolt piece stuck in it. I even tried to weld a piece to the snapped bolt, but it just breaks off. My question is: Is it possible to drill a new hole right next to the old one without risking drilling into a coolant channel? I was thinking about 10mm to the right of the existing hole, almost directly above the lower hole. Any ideas? This really sucks! /tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errol209 Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Ok guys, I've been at it all day now and I'm starting to see weird creatures lurking in the background now.. I wanted to get rid of the chirping and clicking caused by a failing exhaust manifold gasket, when the upper rearmost bolt showed up to be snapped 3mm belov the surface of the cylinder head. I've tried numerous things, drilling a small hole in the remaining bolt and using one of these fancy things with an opposite thread to see if I could get it out. Unfortunately the drill snapped in the bolt, so now i have a cylinder head with a hardened steel bolt piece stuck in it. I even tried to weld a piece to the snapped bolt, but it just breaks off. My question is: Is it possible to drill a new hole right next to the old one without risking drilling into a coolant channel? I was thinking about 10mm to the right of the existing hole, almost directly above the lower hole. Any ideas? This really sucks! /tony No comment on the new hole idea, but the last time we had this question, Western ended up Dremmelling it out, but I can't find the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyalbers Posted July 10, 2010 Author Share Posted July 10, 2010 No comment on the new hole idea, but the last time we had this question, Western ended up Dremmelling it out, but I can't find the thread. Too bad, but thanks for the info. /tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterdon Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Too bad, but thanks for the info. /tony Try Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errol209 Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Try Here That be the one! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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