Mmmmkay, so I take out the GS500 from hibernation today. All seems well, unplug her from the battery tender fire her up. She's happy! Joy!
So I go for a quick ride and bring it back for a wash.
As I'm washing and checking everything over, I notice I only have 3 header bolts :dunno:
Previous owner must have broken one. Well, had about 1/4 inch of the bolt still sticking out after I take the flange off. So, I PB Blaster'ed it and let it penetrate for a few hours. Then I dremeled a slot in it to go at it with a huge screw driver. That bombed and I striped my slot.
Next, I bought a bolt extractor and drilled a small hole straight into the center of the bolt. Burnt out at least 6 drill bits, tried hammering in the extractor and turning it out. Nothin'... It's damn near impossible to get that sucka' out! :x
What else can I try? Or, what might a shop charge to get it out for me?
Help :cheers:
-Craig
last resort, drill the entire bolt out and put in a helicoil. be careful not to get metal shavings into the cylinder though.
dan
Which bolt are you talking about? I assume you mean one of the bolts that secures the exhaust to the cylinder head. If this is the case, then if you do take it to a machine shop you're probably best off taking of the entire head.
But, if the bolt is sticking out, then can't you get a vice-grips on it?
the way we used to do it is to get a metal pipe that's a little thiner then the broken bolt...bend the pipe to a 90 degree angle and weld one end to the broken bolt...then just unscrew the broken bolt
Garry Ganu The Great Space Coaster! damn thats been awhile