>>...., then started to remove it with a stud
>>puller, it broke. I then proceeded to drill and use an high strength "Easy
>>Out" to back the stud out. The tip of it broke off in the stud about .25
>>inches back. I can not seem to be able to drill it out now.
>
>You have now learned lesson #1 for easy-outs, they have very limited
>application and if one twisted the stud/bolt off to start with due to siezed
>threads..... the easy-out will do no better. It's alot easier to drill out
>a hard bolt/stud than to drill out an easy-out or a tap that is made from
>tool steel.
>
Sound advice.
Over here on this tiny island me and the rest of the grubby hand brigade have
always wondered why these devices are so called; "easy" and "out" never seem to
apply.
Richard
(Southampton UK)
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