Re: H - Drilling out fender bolt holes

Posted by Bill Smith on December 23, 2003 at 11:49:03 from (63.147.130.114):

In Reply to: H - Drilling out fender bolt holes posted by Jim on December 23, 2003 at 07:41:16:

Anytime I tried to drill or use easy outs, it turned out to be a bad deal and a night mare. Ussually ended up with an off center hole or a broken off easy out in the hole. The best luck I've had is welding as John in NE and John has said. I take a nut with the same size hole as the bolt. Set nut over twisted off bolt and weld inside of nut to the twisted off bolt. Fill the inside nut full of weld. Immediately after welding spray just the nut with a liquid to cool just the nut/bolt. Using a nut instead of a washer will allow you to use a wrench. The heat somehow does mericals. Get on it with a wrench and break it loose. Once broke loose you can ussually go back and forth to further loosen it. Should come right out. If the weld breaks and the nut comes off, just simply weld another nut on and try it again. You have nothing to loose, unlike drilling holes and so forth which could get you in trouble if it don't work. You can always resort to another method if the welding does not work.

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