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Re: Sorry- Broke EZ out



>In my factory maintenance days, we had drill, tap, and EZ-out removers.
>They were two to four pronged gadgets.  The prongs went in between the
>flutes, a collar tightened around them, and you turned the T handle.
>The prongs were very hard.  Usually it slipped out, sometimes it 
worked.
>Snap-on or SK made them, I think.

I broke a lot of taps and EZ-outs as a maintenance newbie, the old wise 
mainenance guys could sometimes get on a broken end with a little 
screwdriver, tap it with a small hammer in the appropriate direction, 
and get it to rotate free.  If not, then the remover came out.  Good 
luck!

Scott

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