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Hi all,
Recently when putting a new thermostat in my VP, one of the heads snapped off one of the thermostat housing bolts. After drilling a hole in it (one closest to front of the car) and using the biggest easy-out I could find, the easy out snapped off inside too. Must have been in there for years and rusted out.
So I come to the problem of not being able to drill it out because the easy out is tempered steel, snapped off flush with the bolt itself. Only thing to do is change the intake manifold, as a last resort. I can't think of any other way to do it. Has anyone changed one of these before on a VN/VP/VR? I realise all the fuel injection gear will have to be removed, but hopefully the intake bolts aren't rusted in too! I guess the VN series II, all VP and VR would be the same manifold?
If anyone has any ideas or help I'd love to hear them!
Rhys
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Hi Rhys, I am assuming the metal surrounding the broken bolt is alloy or cast iron here.... Get an electric welder and slowly build up a blob of weld on the bolt. You will need to do it in stages and end up with 10 or 15 mm of weld. Then use a pair Edited by user Tuesday, 20 September 2005 9:52:16 AM(UTC)
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We use "Daves method" for snapped bolts.
Any bolts that you have difficulty removing, whether they are in metal or alloy, just heating them will loosen them enough to undo normally.
However after heating, you need to be patient and wait until the bolt/s |
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That's unreal. Thank's for the tip Dave, I didn't know that trick!
I've never had to attempt it in alloy before, but I know what to do if (or should that be when) it happens to me. |
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No worries Mick...I was at an outboard mechanics course when I first got my boat when I first saw it. I was watching another guy replace the head gasket on his outboard. When I saw the bolt snap off level with the barrels in the outboard, I thought he was
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Hey guys,
first of all, I havent been on fastlane since I put this post on, too busy at work and not a chance to jump on fastlane... how sad!
Ended up persisting with a burring bit in the end of a drill to grind away at it. Took about 20 minutes to ge
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