Broken stud extractor; now what?

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <933713F1FB7BD111AC2300A0C98F1AD1030F61@MILXPR06> "Buchholz, Steven" writes:

> After the PITA I went through getting the broken end stud out of the
> urq's head I found a company called Alden Corp. that made a combo
> drill/extractor for broken studs.

Roger Galvin had his struts and wishbones powder coated.  He didn't notice that 
the ball joint retaining bolt holes were full of powder, so when he wound the 
bolt in, it jammed.  He used so much force that he sheared it off.
 
I though we were in for a lengthy stud extraction process.  But Roger just 
picked up the phone to a local light engineering company and asked if he could 
bring it round.

MINUTES!  And about $10.

Experts are often cheap, if they're very good.

-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club