I've sort of made a mess of it I know, I've seen a few methods for removing sheared bolts, such as welding a nut on, drilling with a left hand bit etc. but most of these won't work.Another thing I wanted to ask is are there any stronger bolts available that would better resist the heat from the exhaust?
Thanks for the info. Lez: that's my worry, that trying to remove the cheddar downpipe bolts would cause more trouble. I'll get some quotes tomorrow to see how much it would cost. I had a go at it this evening, and made progress; I managed to drill out the least problematic bolt and get it threaded again, so there's now 1 bolt holding the cable bracket in place. This is also the second time I've heard the term galling in reference to bolts. I'll have to google it as I don't know what it means. Except that this whole experience has been galling..
Hi any web site / shops that you know that sell the titainium bolts, M6x10mm, at £3 each !!also do you need any washers for them.
You could try using a centre punch to break out the easy out as being hss it is not impact resistant.....
I have now decided to remove the exup valve after long deliberation hoping that the Ivanised carbs will equalise any mid and low range bogging.
You misunderstand me about the centre punch. The idea of the centre punch is not to mark the broken hss tap but to break it into bits.
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_206873_langId_-1_categoryId_165469Or should I get something solid? There's a 4 piece set at hellfrauds too. B&Q don't seem to have anything suitable.