RE: [T3] Getting those bolts and bleeders out

["Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>]

Best investment I made was the "hot wrench"

Keith


Top Notch Restorations
topnotch@nycap.rr.com 
71 Squareback
65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
87 golf "Winterat"
93 RX7 "Redstur"

-----Original Message-----
From: DAVID WYATT [mailto:drwwyatt@msn.com] 
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 8:23 PM
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Getting those bolts and bleeders out

Too late! I already broke the easy out off in the hole. But I will remember 
that for future reference. More the I get into this the more I realize I had

better get a torch and welder. My Son in New Hampshire has been telling me 
that for the last couple of years. I guess its time to listen.
Dave


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 6:10 PM
Subject: [T3] Getting those bolts and bleeders out


>
>
> Top Notch Restorations
> topnotch@nycap.rr.com
> 71 Squareback
> 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
> 65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
> 87 golf "Winterat"
> 93 RX7 "Redstur"
> Today I had to remove a snapped off bolt from a body section I was
> installing on the Crate, I thought of the easy out but I got a set of 
> those
> "Screw removers"  From Craftsman last year (Not necessarily a fan of
> craftsman tools) They are to remove stripped Phillips heads screws by 
> biting
> into them  as you reverse them out with a drill.
>
> I drilled a hole in the middle of the bolt so give the bit something to 
> bite
> into and then heated the whole thing red hot, as soon as it was dark I got
> the bit into it quickly and pressed hard while reversing it out with the
> drill... Out it came!
>
> This might be something to try with those stuck bleeders since they 
> already
> have a hole in them and if it doesn't work at least you don't have a 
> broken
> off easy out sticking out of your bleeder.
>
> Keith
>
>
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