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tap and stud extraction tips, please
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Posted by Kevin Brooks on June 22, 2005 at 11:35:08 from (129.33.1.37):
Folks,
I need the greatest minds of antique tractor restoration to assist in this dilemma: the front rail cap screws to my '51 M have broken off leaving the studs frozen inside. I have broken a stud extractor on one screw and broken a 5/8" tap in another. In both cases parts of the broken extraction tools are sticking out - though not by much. The small extractor stud still has left over screw around it might be reached from the inside, pounding it back out, but the startup crank is in the way. Ditto for the larger tap. I don't know if rewelding the end of the tap will allow unscrewing/removal. I am not sure if a torch will blast out only the tap and leave surrounding metal in tact. Anyone with similar experiences? By the way, I did use plenty of penetrating liquid, heat, hard blows from a hammer, prayer beads and ouiggie board chants prior to all this.
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