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Thread: Broke a bolt in my head.. ideas?!

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    Broke a bolt in my head.. ideas?!

    So, I was reinstalling my head and basically my torque wrench failed to do its job and I snapped a bolt in the head.. Pretty much, half the threads from the bolt is still in the head, how can I get the bolt out so i can get this car running?!

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    What bolt did you break?


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    one of the small cap bolts.. not the ends, the.. the right of the 3 caps on the back.. one of those bolts..

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    if there is any bolt left hanging out, the "IRWIN" kit from autozone is amazing at taking them out. if there isn't anything to bite onto, an easy out aka reverse drill bit should take care of that.

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    do they rent the easy out bits? I cant believe it did that.. blew my mind and upset me a lot..everyones at ng and im trying to get my heads put on.. lol

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    i dont' think so,but they shouldn't be too expensive

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    yeah, you should be able to get it with a reverse-thread bit. hopefully. THD/lowes usually sells them in small kits for $10-20. it's a nice thing to have handy for those rare occasions.

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    Well I always thought there were a couple nuts loose up there... lol jking.
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