Easy Out, or nut and weld?

[Hickey]

What ye say?

 

[I Lean]

Weld a nut. The heat will help break it free, plus you won't have to mess with a broken easy out. 😁

 

[Hickey]

Weld a nut. The heat will help break it free, plus you won't have to mess with a broken easy out. 😁

I'm leaning that way, but they're both below the surface a ways. I'm worried about the weld chonking off some of that cast around the bolt. I do have a nice layer of anti-weld-stick (grease) on there, though.

 

[AaronPaige]

Easy out first then when it breaks you have more to weld to 🤞

 

[Hickey]

Easy out first then when it breaks you have more to weld to 🤞

That's my next move. Too recessed to fuse.

 

[mesha]

I have never had an easy out work.

 

[Greg]

Heat up the metal surrounding the broken bolt with a torch, so it'll spin out easier.

 

[ID Bronco]

I have never had an easy out work.

I'm glad to hear this, as I never had either.

 

[N-Smooth]

I'm glad to hear this, as I never had either.

x3 but when they break I do what Aaron said and that works.

 

[jeeper]

Easy outs are a patient mans game. You really have to take the time to drill exact center, so you can get you hole big enough without drilling into your threads. Once you have a good centered hole, the bolt will come out nice and easy. Drill your hole off-center or too small and you have issues.
I don't have them, but I have seen reverse drill bits take the bolt out while drilling the pilot hole.

 

[jeepin4x4james]

Center punch, drill through the entire bolt with reverse drill bit… start working your way up in drill size. Most of the time a bigger bit will grab and spin it out.
HF has a cheap reverse drill set that actually work quite well (while they’re sharp). Buy a couple sets while you’re there and you should be good to go.
If you get too big of hole and it hasn’t come out yet, then use a straight splined bolt remover, or if you have to a tapered easy out.

 

[NYCEGUY01]

Id hit it with a couple tacks now then lay a nut on it and weld away. Done a bunch of ls exhaust bolts that way

 

[Gravy]

Weld a nut. The heat will help break it free, plus you won't have to mess with a broken easy out. 😁

Hear, hear!

 

[Hickey]

The weld isn't working. They are too recessed. It did work to get the broken drill bit out, however.

 

[I Lean]

Id hit it with a couple tacks now then lay a nut on it and weld away. Done a bunch of ls exhaust bolts that way

Do this to build up the weld before putting the nut on there. ^^

Do you have a stick welder? You can reach in deeper with one o'those instead of a MIG....

 

[Herzog]

Make a tab out of some 1/8" with a hole to weld on. That way it's less deep than a nut and easier to get the nut. Also, shouldn't take too much to spin those out.

 

[bryson]

Make a tab out of some 1/8" with a hole to weld on. That way it's less deep than a nut and easier to get the nut. Also, shouldn't take too much to spin those out.

I use a countersink bit on a nut before welding it on... taper it out nice and big for this same reason. Lots of room to get in there and weld, but still with the benefit of being able to put a wrench on it.

 

[Hickey]

Make a tab out of some 1/8" with a hole to weld on. That way it's less deep than a nut and easier to get the nut. Also, shouldn't take too much to spin those out.

Broke the easy out flush.

 

[DAA]

Nobody could have seen that coming.

As a non welder I just drill out and tap to original at that point. Usually works.

- DAA

 

[I Lean]

Broke the easy out flush.