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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 06:09 PM
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broke crossmember bolts

ok i broke every crossmember bolt, and i be tried to drill it out with little sucess/ ive brike like 5 drill bits. does anyone have any tips or hints to get them out. i was also thinking about welding it onto the front subframe. would that work
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 10:07 PM
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Re: broke crossmember bolts

A trick I learned to get broken bolts out is to take a chisel, scraper, or anything that can cut a straight groove into the broken bolt, then use a flat head and turn it out by hand. Now if the bolt broke far enough into hole I would take my smallest flathead and a hammer and pound in into bolt a few times and then begin turning. I have removed countless broken oil pan bolts like this.
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 10:34 AM
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Re: broke crossmember bolts

Originally Posted by alexisgreene
A trick I learned to get broken bolts out is to take a chisel, scraper, or anything that can cut a straight groove into the broken bolt, then use a flat head and turn it out by hand. Now if the bolt broke far enough into hole I would take my smallest flathead and a hammer and pound in into bolt a few times and then begin turning. I have removed countless broken oil pan bolts like this.

ok ill try that
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 10:51 AM
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Re: broke crossmember bolts

get better drill bits. I had my brother change my friends trans mount at the shop and 2 of the 4 bolts snapped flush.
His bits weren't that sharp so it took about an hour to drill them out.

Get some Tungsten Carbide bits.
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