[Main C900 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Oouch! That doesn't sound like fun. Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by SWEDECAR [Email] (#112) [Profile/Gallery] (more from SWEDECAR) on Sun, 15 May 2005 09:20:24 In Reply to: sheared oil pump housing bolt beneath rt hand dog, Phil Smith, Sun, 15 May 2005 07:43:29 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

I assume you have already removed the outer oil pump housing from the engine?
Otherwise, do that first. If you are really lucky it might be a stump of the bolt sticking out that you can grab with a wisegrip plier.

If the bolt is broken below surface you can try first of all with an angled pick tool (dentist tool) and see if you can get it to rotate outwards. Sometimes even when the bolt is broken off it is not jammed in the threads and if you can find a little edge for the picktool you might be able to thread it out.

Trying to drill an extractor hole perfectly in the center of the bolt using an angle drill down there will be a challenge even if you have done it lots of times before.
You CANNOT allow the drill bit to stray off center since it might move into the aluminum, effectively locking the bolt.

I would try to find a left hand threaded 1/8" drill bit and use an angle drill that runs backwards.
That way, while trying to drill the pilot hole, you might even get the bolt loose and it comes out without even having to use the extractor.

I can't promise though that you have room down there in front of the steering rack and pipes for a standard angle drill attachment or even an air driven angle drill?

Good luck

Anders

SWEDECAR

• sheared oil pump housing bolt beneath rt hand dog, Phil Smith, Sun, 15 May 2005 07:43:29
  • Thank you! Sheared bold removed!, Phil Smith, Thu, 19 May 2005 16:04:55
  • Re: sheared oil pump housing bolt beneath rt hand dog, cx, Sun, 15 May 2005 13:04:40
    • Re: sheared oil pump housing bolt beneath rt hand dog, cx, Sun, 15 May 2005 13:05:42
  • In an emergency, if you can get clearance..., Chaz, Sun, 15 May 2005 09:59:53
    • Thank you! My plans out of this quagmire, Phil Smith, Sun, 15 May 2005 15:30:37
      • My REVISED plans out of this quagmire, Phil Smith, Mon, 16 May 2005 05:58:02
  • Oouch! That doesn't sound like fun., SWEDECAR , Sun, 15 May 2005 09:20:24 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: sheared oil pump housing bolt beneath rt hand dog, kooch, Sun, 15 May 2005 08:00:18
    • You might be able to get more clearance....., JD From LA, Mon, 16 May 2005 10:14:19

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