mikiehews
Posts : 372 Join date : 2011-02-03 Age : 48 Location : brockton
| Subject: I broke an effing bolt! Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:05 pm | |
| so last nite while trying to remove my egr tube I broke the head off the lower bolt going into the exhaust manifold.. I left the upper nuts tight which seems to be holding the tube in place (so far). My plan is to remove the erg tube all together. I REALLY don't want to try and remove the exhaust manifold to tap out the broken bolt. My thought is to make a steel (not the aluminum one I have from ebay) block-off plate to have welded to the manifold. Has anyone had this issue and/or have any suggestions? | |
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V8Killer
Posts : 1691 Join date : 2009-03-12 Age : 52 Location : Southern, NH
| Subject: Re: I broke an effing bolt! Tue Sep 18, 2012 5:05 pm | |
| - mikiehews wrote:
- so last nite while trying to remove my egr tube I broke the head off the lower bolt going into the exhaust manifold..
I left the upper nuts tight which seems to be holding the tube in place (so far). My plan is to remove the erg tube all together. I REALLY don't want to try and remove the exhaust manifold to tap out the broken bolt. My thought is to make a steel (not the aluminum one I have from ebay) block-off plate to have welded to the manifold. Has anyone had this issue and/or have any suggestions?
Yup, this happened to me on both the sedans, removing the mainfolds to fix the broken bolts in the heads. Repaired it the same way I did the brken bolts in the heads, Mig welder. Hold a nut with vise-grips over the broken bolt, and weld the bolt to the nut. Took a few tries, but I got em. If they are really stubborn, weld first, then heat the are with a torch. | |
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IMPALADAKID Admin
Posts : 1525 Join date : 2009-01-17 Age : 55
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boojum
Posts : 2182 Join date : 2009-01-21 Age : 37 Location : NH
| Subject: Re: I broke an effing bolt! Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:33 am | |
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