Re: [MBZ] Broken bolts
Any time I manage to extract a stuck bolt or drill and re-tap a hole I consider it to be a major victory. Requires a celebration, fire up the grill and bust out a barley pop. -Curt On Sunday, December 31, 2023 at 09:27:57 PM EST, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: I hate it when that happens --FT Sent from iFōn > On Dec 31, 2023, at 4:51 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Had one of the bolts break on the GL oil cooler job. It’s for the egr tube > on the back of the turbo. One thing I suck at and hate doing is drilling out > holes and tapping them. In always afraid I’m going to screw it it up worse > than it was. > > First attempt was stud remover but not enough of the bolt was sticking up. > Next was left hand drill bits and easy out. This did not work and ended up > breaking off not one but 2 left handed drill bits in the hole. Using regular > drill bits ran down the hole I was able to get the broken bits out. Just now > I drilled the hole completely and tapped it. Appears to be a success. The > shiny bolt is the tapped hole. I always feel great when I actually get one > repaired successfully. > > > > Sent from my iPhone___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Broken bolts
I hate it when that happens --FT Sent from iFōn > On Dec 31, 2023, at 4:51 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Had one of the bolts break on the GL oil cooler job. It’s for the egr tube > on the back of the turbo. One thing I suck at and hate doing is drilling out > holes and tapping them. In always afraid I’m going to screw it it up worse > than it was. > > First attempt was stud remover but not enough of the bolt was sticking up. > Next was left hand drill bits and easy out. This did not work and ended up > breaking off not one but 2 left handed drill bits in the hole. Using regular > drill bits ran down the hole I was able to get the broken bits out. Just now > I drilled the hole completely and tapped it. Appears to be a success. The > shiny bolt is the tapped hole. I always feel great when I actually get one > repaired successfully. > > > > Sent from my iPhone___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Broken bolts
Sehr gute Arbeit! Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 31, 2023, at 4:51 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Had one of the bolts break on the GL oil cooler job. It’s for the egr tube > on the back of the turbo. One thing I suck at and hate doing is drilling out > holes and tapping them. In always afraid I’m going to screw it it up worse > than it was. > > First attempt was stud remover but not enough of the bolt was sticking up. > Next was left hand drill bits and easy out. This did not work and ended up > breaking off not one but 2 left handed drill bits in the hole. Using regular > drill bits ran down the hole I was able to get the broken bits out. Just now > I drilled the hole completely and tapped it. Appears to be a success. The > shiny bolt is the tapped hole. I always feel great when I actually get one > repaired successfully. > > > > Sent from my iPhone___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Broken bolts
Nice work! > On Dec 31, 2023, at 4:51 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Had one of the bolts break on the GL oil cooler job. It’s for the egr tube > on the back of the turbo. One thing I suck at and hate doing is drilling out > holes and tapping them. In always afraid I’m going to screw it it up worse > than it was. > > First attempt was stud remover but not enough of the bolt was sticking up. > Next was left hand drill bits and easy out. This did not work and ended up > breaking off not one but 2 left handed drill bits in the hole. Using regular > drill bits ran down the hole I was able to get the broken bits out. Just now > I drilled the hole completely and tapped it. Appears to be a success. The > shiny bolt is the tapped hole. I always feel great when I actually get one > repaired successfully. > > > > Sent from my iPhone___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com