ARGH!! Anyone know how to extract a broken 14mm bolt?
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ARGH!! Anyone know how to extract a broken 14mm bolt?
ARGH!!
Not sure if I should post this in the classified or on the forums. Just borked a 14mm (thick) bolt that sits near the lower part of the knuckle. Anybody know where I can get this bolt, fairly quickly and cheap?
Seeing how GC imprezas are scarce in the junkyards... I guess a last resort is to drive over to the dealer and pick one up...
Also anyone familiar with extracting a broken bolt?? Especially a 14mm bolt that is pretty thick...... I was so close.... so close to fixing my wheel bearing FFFUUUUUUU!!!
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Not sure if I should post this in the classified or on the forums. Just borked a 14mm (thick) bolt that sits near the lower part of the knuckle. Anybody know where I can get this bolt, fairly quickly and cheap?
Seeing how GC imprezas are scarce in the junkyards... I guess a last resort is to drive over to the dealer and pick one up...
Also anyone familiar with extracting a broken bolt?? Especially a 14mm bolt that is pretty thick...... I was so close.... so close to fixing my wheel bearing FFFUUUUUUU!!!
Pictures for reference:
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you'll have to go pick up a bolt extract kit. it comes with drill bits and a backwards threaded bolt. So what you do is drill into the bolt then thread the backwards extractor in and start turning. I have had to do this before.
Good luck to you.
Good luck to you.
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Drill the sucker out. Reverse drill bit/extrator would probably be the only way. Sure the rest of that bolt stuck in there is pretty seized, seeing the the head of it broke off. Just be careful drilling so you don't mess the threads up.
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Anyone know where I can buy the bolt for cheap?
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If you broke the head off your best bet is to get a bolt extractor kit (not that expensive), or to weld something else onto it so that you can pull it out. I wouldn't recommend drilling it out and then having to retap the threads. Don't forget to use some penetrating fluid first.
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This exact thing happened to me when I changed my brake calipers. I got the bolt extractor kit, but the bolt was so rusted and ruined the threading for the hole, so I had to rethread the hole.
I'd use penetrating oil/fluid and let it sit a really long time.
For a replacement bolt, I swapped from legacy calipers to wrx ones and the wrx bolts were the same. So you might be able to get another one of any Subaru?
I'd use penetrating oil/fluid and let it sit a really long time.
For a replacement bolt, I swapped from legacy calipers to wrx ones and the wrx bolts were the same. So you might be able to get another one of any Subaru?