Broke off a bolt today. (Fixed)

[the_great_white]

I have some heli coil left over from another project. I will have to put my hands on it tomorrow and see what size it is.
Maybe.
I would much rather see about getting it out.

If you zoom in. At the 7 o'clock I might have gotten into the threads a touch.

Only other trick I know is soak it with some wd40 and then take a torch and run a couple heat/cool cycles to try and get it to break itself loose.

 

[Tony2X]

I will destroy the threads I hope to save. I want to use the same size bolt.
I really don't want to tap it.

The other side is the head side.....in that case a regular tap would work...thanks.

The picture side is the end of the bolt.

Oh...so you wanna do it the hard way...LOL

 

[MRM]

I was in the home stretch and broke it off. I would have been done in another 30 min.

 

[MRM]

I will try to tap the end in the picture it needs to turn clockwise as you are looking at it.
Thanks. Now if I just have a matching tap and bolt I'm set.

 

[the_great_white]

Now if I just have a matching tap and bolt I'm set.

Hahaha! That may be more work than any of this....

 

[Tony2X]

You aint done yet?

I'd be done by now...LOL

 

[SouthernSlammed]

You have a left handed tap and bolt?

Do you just tap it halfway?
Then tighten the bolt till it backs the old out?

I got a seat belt that got cross threaded and broke off flush!

 

[MRM]

You aint done yet?

I'd be done by now...LOL

The first side it done.
The replacement bolts won't be in until wed.
I'm in no rush. I haven't driven it in two months because of the sticky caliper anyway.

 

[8675309]

backed one out with a little chisel the other day
felt lucky

 

[the_great_white]

Do you just tap it halfway?
Then tighten the bolt till it backs the old out?

I got a seat belt that got cross threaded and broke off flush!

Pretty much .However much you need for the bolt to get a good bite. Usually more is better, but as long as you get into the "enclosed" portion of the old bolt a good bit you should be fine .If you don't tap in far enough, you may shear the old bolt in half in the hole .