Ryannn
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The dreaded...
Got a new car last week and the first thing I realised was that some idiot had over tightened all the wheel bolts. I got 3 wheels off with no major drama but, typically, a bolt snapped on the final wheel...
It's snapped flush so there's nothing to grab on to. In the past I've only ever snapped a stud and that's just a case of taking the disk off and pushing it out.
What's the best way of getting the bolt out? Tried those "easy-out" thingys before, they're about as much use as trying to push it out! Lol
Thanks
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Last Edit: May 6, 2017 21:16:32 GMT by Ryannn
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jgtr
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Drill it usually, start small and work up, should come loose as the hole gets bigger
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You might find now the wheel is off presumably that with no tension on it it won't take much to move it, best of luck with it  |
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Wilk
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Left hand drill bits. You may find as you increase the size of the bits that they start to turn the broken section out
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If it can be fixed with a hammer, then it must be an electrical fault
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ChasR
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Left hand drill bit would be my shout as well. The only other thing I can think of is using a small nut and welding it onto the bolt. It would need to be small and there is a chance that it would still snap.
What car is it? As a worst case scenario a hub may not be mega money. I know on MkIII Escorts they are simple to change and idiots do tend to overtighten bolts on them
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Fungus
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Just use a dot punch and a hammer, tap it round at the edge.
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a few gentle taps with a hammer to loosen it? penetrating oil overnight? heat? any part of the stud showing on the inside face of the hub - use molegrips? drill and tap undersize - hope the tap winds your snapped stud into the hub and out the other side? ^ or any of the above... punch and hammer? drill it out in stages?  |
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Try cutting a slot in the end with a Dremel and using an impact driver on it.
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For gods sake don't use an easy out for anything, ever. They just snap and leave undrillable hardened steel in the bit you should have just drilled out to start with.
Center punch it and drill it out with ever increasing drill bits. Once you're up to say 5 or 6mm, hammer a torx or hex bit into it and try and wind it out. Don't go mad and snap your bit off - if it won't move, wiggle it out and drill bigger and try again.
Eventually you'll either wind it out or drill enough of the bolt out that it goes loose and you can wind it out by hand.
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Ryannn
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Thanks for the responses guys. There's not enough meat left to spin it out and it's flush with the disk so it looks like my only option is to drill it. Fingers crossed!
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stealthstylz
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Take the disc off and there'll be the thickness of the disk bit of bolt sticking out. Unless it's cross threaded it should wind either out of in and through if you tap it round with a punch/chisel.
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Stick a pic or 2 up so peeps can get an idea
Or even tell us the make of car,or all helps
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If you've got a welder I'd weld a new bolt on the end and use that to unscrew it. The heat normally breaks the threads free even on rusted bolts.
You can even do it where the bolt broke off flush because you just build weld on the end until you can attach the new bolt.
James
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or weld a nut on filling the hole ?
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May 10, 2017 19:19:01 GMT
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Probably sounds stupid however not knowing what car it is, can you not remove the disc and have the stud sitting a bit proud of the face?
Might then be able to get a nut on, fill it with weld and then remove it that way.
I have never understood why people do wheel nuts up so tight. I think that I am quite a half-a-job kind of person, if there is a quicker way of doing something I will do it. Yet even I torque wheels up with a wrench.
Alternatively drilling the remainder out may be the best option. Pain in the chuff when this could have been simply averted by a previous owner.
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May 10, 2017 20:36:04 GMT
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Hi, Probably done by a rattle gun in the local tyre depot by a Kwality fita. |
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Ryannn
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May 13, 2017 14:02:57 GMT
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It's out!
Amazing how they can become loose, all of a sudden, once you've drilled enough out of the centre.
Cheers for the input everyone, the difference was obvious when I undid the wheel I'd already had off.
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