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MoreWellie
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better not buy anything than get the cheap ones, I still get optimistic and try the ones I haven't yet broken but I don't think any of them have ever been successful
I really should throw them in the scrap but hey there might be a bolt somewhere that one of them will remove
I really should throw them in the scrap but hey there might be a bolt somewhere that one of them will remove
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Best advice is don't buy them in the first place, Expensive or cheap they just don't work, I usually drill the stud down the centre, then grind a suitable chisel or allen key to a nice sharp edged square and knock it down the hole like a broach, then wind it out with a socket,grips etc, The voice of experience speaking.
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Personally, I would say don't waste your money on them, good or bad. If a bolt or stud has broken off because it's seized in a threaded hole, What makes you think an easy-out of a smaller diameter will get it out without breaking. If and when it breaks you're worse off because there's a hardened easy-out jammed in the hole. Much better to just drill the bolt or stud out.
MoreWellie
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Once the head has broken off of the bolt then a lot of the tension is removed so there is always the chance the bolt will come out more easily, how ever experience does show that you are correct but I assumed that was because I didn't spend enough money
If the bolt shears level with the top of the hole another solution is to weld a nut on to the remainder of the bolt down through the nut hole which also works on bolts with rounded heads
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I would agree with everyone so far do yourself a favor and don't get them.
Onec they snap off you then cant drill the rest out.
Much better of with a decent set of drills.
Onec they snap off you then cant drill the rest out.
Much better of with a decent set of drills.
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What perfect timing.
I had 3 studs break on me today and one already broken, Hind sight said use the “hot spanner”, but the first 4 came of easy.
Easy outs are only good if the blind bolt or stud was moving before it broke, if not the advise already given is spot on.
To get the one already broken out the old trusty “left hand drill bits” were dug out. As I drilled it out it started to work its way up the hole. That’s when I used a “Mac Tool” set of easy outs, with them you find one what will slip into the drilled hole by 6mm and you hit it with a hammer and wind it out.
In my youth I have broken to many easy outs and spent more time and ££££££ putting it right.
One of the few times they had worked.
2 of them had some remains above the blind hole to get stud extractor on one, But the other one was t far gone. Soo I welded on a nut and got it out that way.
The Last one, still working on it, it was broken 3 threads below the surface. So a rummage in scrap bin and found a off cut of 25mm box. I drilled a hole the same size of the tapping drill for the hole. Clamped it in line with the hole and used it as a guide to slowly work the drill down and let the bit remove the jagged edge, this gives a nice dimple to allow a smaller bit centre. That allowed me to drill out the rest.
I will finish it in the morning, but I need some BSF taps and bolts.
Trip out in the morning.
But now it is time for a bottle or two of Trooper Ale.
I had 3 studs break on me today and one already broken, Hind sight said use the “hot spanner”, but the first 4 came of easy.
Easy outs are only good if the blind bolt or stud was moving before it broke, if not the advise already given is spot on.
To get the one already broken out the old trusty “left hand drill bits” were dug out. As I drilled it out it started to work its way up the hole. That’s when I used a “Mac Tool” set of easy outs, with them you find one what will slip into the drilled hole by 6mm and you hit it with a hammer and wind it out.
In my youth I have broken to many easy outs and spent more time and ££££££ putting it right.
One of the few times they had worked.
2 of them had some remains above the blind hole to get stud extractor on one, But the other one was t far gone. Soo I welded on a nut and got it out that way.
The Last one, still working on it, it was broken 3 threads below the surface. So a rummage in scrap bin and found a off cut of 25mm box. I drilled a hole the same size of the tapping drill for the hole. Clamped it in line with the hole and used it as a guide to slowly work the drill down and let the bit remove the jagged edge, this gives a nice dimple to allow a smaller bit centre. That allowed me to drill out the rest.
I will finish it in the morning, but I need some BSF taps and bolts.
Trip out in the morning.
But now it is time for a bottle or two of Trooper Ale.
Parm
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That's right, good quality ale fixes everything
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should be renamed . not so easy outs the only time they would work is if u over tightened a bolt in and the head necked off then u would have a sporting chance that's about it
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Orrible things they are...iff a bolt or stud snaps due to it being seized then theres an almost zero chance an easy out is going to twist it out and iff that hard boy snaps you better reach for the Prozak
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I'll agree with everyone else and say that an easy out only works if the bolt has been overtightened not seized due to rust.
I agree with whats been said but there are times when they are very useful as long as you are aware of their limitations.
If a bolt/stud has snapped due to being seized then the easy will do nothing without some extra intervention. If you warm it first and then use a left hand drill. The key is knowing the feel of how much pressure you can put on and not drill the hole so big that the easy out expands what's left and makes the problem worse. If the remains don't move easily then take the easy out out and go for another heat cycle. I've had them come loose after several heat cycles, seems like a pain at the time but far less drama than redrilling/taping or trying to remove a broken easy out.
If a bolt/stud has snapped due to being seized then the easy will do nothing without some extra intervention. If you warm it first and then use a left hand drill. The key is knowing the feel of how much pressure you can put on and not drill the hole so big that the easy out expands what's left and makes the problem worse. If the remains don't move easily then take the easy out out and go for another heat cycle. I've had them come loose after several heat cycles, seems like a pain at the time but far less drama than redrilling/taping or trying to remove a broken easy out.
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They don't HAVE to, but it is the least damaging way. I removed one a couple of weeks ago for a guy using a re-ground centre drill.
