i f**cked up big!! - Page 2

supra90turbo · 08-09-2006, 12:57 AM

#1 rule of working on cars.
Never EVER rush to do ANYTHING.

#2 rule of working on cars.
If a bolt is going in hard, don't keep going. Chances are, it'll strip, cross-thread, or break.

#3 rule of working on cars.
Keep your bolts/nuts/tools organized. Know where they go, and make mental notes. Otherwise, a paint pen does wonders.

Oh well. Live and learn. Hope you get it sorted out.

tone loc · 08-09-2006, 02:24 AM

i just tried drilling the hole today with a extractor from car quest and for some reason its not going in in. i tried forward and reverse and i had the drill at high speed for like 30 seconds and it only barly scracted the surface. What am i doing wrong?

supra90turbo · 08-09-2006, 03:43 AM

Please tell me that you're not drilling WITH the extractor, as you typed....

That's what you're doing wrong, if so.

tone loc · 08-09-2006, 04:33 AM

oh so u have to drill with a diffrent bit and then use the extractor? I already tried that too but it wasnt that sharp of a bit so ill try again tommorow.

marc · 08-09-2006, 04:49 AM

make sure u have one hell of a sharp tough bit. and make sure its not too big or u will just drill a huge hole. dont drill int othe manifold threads and make sure ur going in dead center on the screw. and prey to god its not a hard ass screw.lol

theWeezL · 08-09-2006, 08:37 AM

my first experience with a broken bolt was on small block chevy in my 73 Jimmy. I was screwin around with my girlfriend and acting like the truck wouldnt start so I was hitting the starter then turning the key of real fast. I snapped a grade 8 bolt off the starter leaving threads in the block. Well, of course I was a complete noob at it and so I tried drilling it out, and the drill kept slipping off and pretty soon I had the block so chewed up there was no way the thing was coming out.

fortunately, I got a great head for engineering, (just no mechanical ability or expereince back then) and I devised a steel plate that would bolt to the starter in the stock location and allow me to put a bolt to the block in another location (the starter had two bolt holes, the block had 3 for some different application)

Since then Ive never really had much more luck with drilling out bolt bits...if they dont come right out I usually find they arent gonna. Anyway, worst case scenario is you gonna need a new upper manifold.

f00g00 · 08-09-2006, 11:26 AM

Cobalt bits are good just don't run it too high speed or you will ruin the temper. Just go nice and slow and get it deep enough for the easy out to have a good bite. If that breaks then you are really screwed.
High speed bits are crap.

supra90turbo · 08-09-2006, 04:10 PM

get reverse bits. there's always the chance with these that the broken bolt will come out while you're drilling.

theWeezL · 08-09-2006, 05:28 PM

^^ yeah I agree with him!

tone loc · 08-10-2006, 03:56 AM

i just tried again today and i f**ked up and didnt do it dead center. so i didnt take any chances and took the part off and took it to peppers and they did it for $20. when i started putting the part back on i was tigting another bolt and it snaped. So im just having a ring of bad luck right now. im ganna take the car to peppers tommorow and tell them i got another bolt for them. This one is in to hard of a spot for me to even attempt myself so ill just spend another $20. F**k.

08-09-2006, 12:57 AM	#11
supra90turbo 3" Exhaust Join Date: May 2006 Location: MA, 01468 Posts: 155	#1 rule of working on cars. Never EVER rush to do ANYTHING. #2 rule of working on cars. If a bolt is going in hard, don't keep going. Chances are, it'll strip, cross-thread, or break. #3 rule of working on cars. Keep your bolts/nuts/tools organized. Know where they go, and make mental notes. Otherwise, a paint pen does wonders. Oh well. Live and learn. Hope you get it sorted out. __________________

08-09-2006, 03:43 AM	#13
supra90turbo 3" Exhaust Join Date: May 2006 Location: MA, 01468 Posts: 155	Please tell me that you're not drilling WITH the extractor, as you typed.... That's what you're doing wrong, if so. __________________

08-09-2006, 04:49 AM	#15
marc 12psi boost Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: salem mass Posts: 329	make sure u have one hell of a sharp tough bit. and make sure its not too big or u will just drill a huge hole. dont drill int othe manifold threads and make sure ur going in dead center on the screw. and prey to god its not a hard ass screw.lol __________________ nothing but the best -mods- so far K&N intake fipk 3" megan downpipe 3"turbo elbow 4 washers on the wastegate highflow cat short shifter 89+ front bumper, pic soon to come many more upgrades soon

08-09-2006, 08:37 AM	#16
theWeezL 12psi boost Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 376	my first experience with a broken bolt was on small block chevy in my 73 Jimmy. I was screwin around with my girlfriend and acting like the truck wouldnt start so I was hitting the starter then turning the key of real fast. I snapped a grade 8 bolt off the starter leaving threads in the block. Well, of course I was a complete noob at it and so I tried drilling it out, and the drill kept slipping off and pretty soon I had the block so chewed up there was no way the thing was coming out. fortunately, I got a great head for engineering, (just no mechanical ability or expereince back then) and I devised a steel plate that would bolt to the starter in the stock location and allow me to put a bolt to the block in another location (the starter had two bolt holes, the block had 3 for some different application) Since then Ive never really had much more luck with drilling out bolt bits...if they dont come right out I usually find they arent gonna. Anyway, worst case scenario is you gonna need a new upper manifold. __________________ *____________* *Eagles may soar, but weezl's never get sucked into jet engines!*

08-09-2006, 04:10 PM	#18
supra90turbo 3" Exhaust Join Date: May 2006 Location: MA, 01468 Posts: 155	get reverse bits. there's always the chance with these that the broken bolt will come out while you're drilling. __________________

08-09-2006, 02:24 AM	#12
tone loc 20psi boost Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 706	i just tried drilling the hole today with a extractor from car quest and for some reason its not going in in. i tried forward and reverse and i had the drill at high speed for like 30 seconds and it only barly scracted the surface. What am i doing wrong?

08-09-2006, 04:33 AM	#14
tone loc 20psi boost Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 706	oh so u have to drill with a diffrent bit and then use the extractor? I already tried that too but it wasnt that sharp of a bit so ill try again tommorow.

08-09-2006, 11:26 AM	#17
f00g00 12psi boost Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kuwait Posts: 292	Cobalt bits are good just don't run it too high speed or you will ruin the temper. Just go nice and slow and get it deep enough for the easy out to have a good bite. If that breaks then you are really screwed. High speed bits are crap.

08-09-2006, 05:28 PM	#19
theWeezL 12psi boost Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 376	^^ yeah I agree with him! __________________ *____________* *Eagles may soar, but weezl's never get sucked into jet engines!*

08-10-2006, 03:56 AM	#20
tone loc 20psi boost Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 706	i just tried again today and i fked up and didnt do it dead center. so i didnt take any chances and took the part off and took it to peppers and they did it for $20. when i started putting the part back on i was tigting another bolt and it snaped. So im just having a ring of bad luck right now. im ganna take the car to peppers tommorow and tell them i got another bolt for them. This one is in to hard of a spot for me to even attempt myself so ill just spend another $20. Fk.