[Vwdiesel] Fw: broken head bolt

[Nate Wall]

Lets say a stud (or bolt) breaks off and leaves a nice little nub that you can
get at with vice grips. I've always have had good luck hitting the stud nub
perpindicularly w/ a hammer a few good whacks. But I've always thought that
this damages the threads in the hole that the stud threads into. Does it?

--Nate

Sandy Cameron wrote:

> At 01:08 PM 10/8/02 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >with a good vice grip compared to an easy out>>>>
>
> There's no such thing as an EASY-out.
> Odds are if it's stuck bad enough to cause the bolt to break in the first
> place, that fiendish little hemerhoid remover will not help.
> If they appear to work, it's probably due to the hammering done to drive it
> in that has loosened the bolt.
>
> Weld the nut on (cover the block to avoid flash on the smooth surface) and
> get on with it.
>
> One good belt with a 20 lb hammer should free it up.
>
> Sandy