NathR

As title??

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pete mcrash

iTrader: (1)

turbo to what?????

rapidcossie

drill out and re tap hole?

Kev.H

you havent

drill it mate or weld on a nut if you have a welder

feel gutted for ya i know how it feels to break a nut

NathR

Have welded a nut TWICE to one, and it snapped off both times. The other one is flush with the flange and I've spent hours and only half drilled it out!

Turbo to manifold btw.

Kev.H

you broke 2

I laugh\cry cos I know your frustration

drill n tap let me know if you do this on or off the car

hope you get it sorted dude if I can help let me know even if its talking you out of gas axing the fucking car

SteveB

iTrader: (3)

Very common on the FRS..... drill it out and use a nut and bolt... it isn't a 2 minute job either drilling them out
If its taken you over an hour you are using shit drill bits, start with summit like a 5mm bit and regularly sharpen it then work up the drill size once you are thru until you can get the right size bolt thru, I'd expect 15 min max tbh on each bolt

Escos Jam

depend on the break pal. double nut it, or use easy outs !

glancy2081

drill it out mate use tungsten tipped drills start with 3.3 mm and work up from there uses fastest speed on drill

Kev.H

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Escos Jam

Boost Junky

Had the same thing on mine Nath... Took about an hour on each bolt Drilled em out, but had to borrow some decent drill bits off a friend as i fucked mine up good and proper in a matter of minutes

Good luck with it

CabbyRS

Yeah i did the same thin on me Escort just trying to nip em up snapped one and continued to nip up another 3

Got em drilled out as they were right in the hole so to speak, or u could get em spark erroded if u can find someone


Good luck

COCHYN

@ NathR

You didn't by any chance try to remove these bolts while the engine was still hot did ya? As the bolts expand and proper weld themselves in the thread. I'd know, as I snapped 2 bolts on the flange when I fitted my manifold....oops!

Went through 2 very expensive drill bits to get them out, then went and bought proper, non-ford bolts from a iron works place for £3.50, with proper bolt type tops, not the stupid allen key jobbies!

If you need a set, let me know, much easier to tighten these bolts down, as their the normal kind...

NathR

Update, drilled one hole (got some cobalt bits but still took ages) but then whilst tapping snapped the fooking tap holder.

The other one has 10mm of thread sticking out, so I keep welding nuts on, and occasionally snapping them off!!! Bastard turns 3/4 of a turn both ways but can't get the cunt out, really fucked off tbh.

trotty

you can get stud extractors,usually from a good engineer suppliers.
its like a slot drill (milling tool) but what happens is, as you drive the extractor into the end of the stud,it has a left hand flute on the outside which pulls the stud out. you just put them in a power drill.

NathR

Got the mentioned stud out, but the thread in the hole is a bit fooked. So now, I've just gotta tap two holes, but thats not proving especially easy!

Boost Junky

I broke a tap when trying to re-do mine Nath! What a twat that was... keep at it mate you`ll get there in the end!! I spent the best part of 2 days sorting mine out when fitting my manifold!

NathR

Cheers for the vote of confidence Barry, will keep at it, just run out of spare time for a while now!