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tone loc · 08-09-2006, 02:24 AM

i just tried drilling the hole today with a extractor from car quest and for some reason its not going in in. i tried forward and reverse and i had the drill at high speed for like 30 seconds and it only barly scracted the surface. What am i doing wrong?

supra90turbo · 08-09-2006, 03:43 AM

Please tell me that you're not drilling WITH the extractor, as you typed....

That's what you're doing wrong, if so.

tone loc · 08-09-2006, 04:33 AM

oh so u have to drill with a diffrent bit and then use the extractor? I already tried that too but it wasnt that sharp of a bit so ill try again tommorow.

marc · 08-09-2006, 04:49 AM

make sure u have one hell of a sharp tough bit. and make sure its not too big or u will just drill a huge hole. dont drill int othe manifold threads and make sure ur going in dead center on the screw. and prey to god its not a hard ass screw.lol

theWeezL · 08-09-2006, 08:37 AM

my first experience with a broken bolt was on small block chevy in my 73 Jimmy. I was screwin around with my girlfriend and acting like the truck wouldnt start so I was hitting the starter then turning the key of real fast. I snapped a grade 8 bolt off the starter leaving threads in the block. Well, of course I was a complete noob at it and so I tried drilling it out, and the drill kept slipping off and pretty soon I had the block so chewed up there was no way the thing was coming out.

fortunately, I got a great head for engineering, (just no mechanical ability or expereince back then) and I devised a steel plate that would bolt to the starter in the stock location and allow me to put a bolt to the block in another location (the starter had two bolt holes, the block had 3 for some different application)

Since then Ive never really had much more luck with drilling out bolt bits...if they dont come right out I usually find they arent gonna. Anyway, worst case scenario is you gonna need a new upper manifold.

08-09-2006, 03:43 AM	#2
supra90turbo 3" Exhaust Join Date: May 2006 Location: MA, 01468 Posts: 155	Please tell me that you're not drilling WITH the extractor, as you typed.... That's what you're doing wrong, if so. __________________

08-09-2006, 04:49 AM	#4
marc 12psi boost Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: salem mass Posts: 329	make sure u have one hell of a sharp tough bit. and make sure its not too big or u will just drill a huge hole. dont drill int othe manifold threads and make sure ur going in dead center on the screw. and prey to god its not a hard ass screw.lol __________________ nothing but the best -mods- so far K&N intake fipk 3" megan downpipe 3"turbo elbow 4 washers on the wastegate highflow cat short shifter 89+ front bumper, pic soon to come many more upgrades soon

08-09-2006, 08:37 AM	#5
theWeezL 12psi boost Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 376	my first experience with a broken bolt was on small block chevy in my 73 Jimmy. I was screwin around with my girlfriend and acting like the truck wouldnt start so I was hitting the starter then turning the key of real fast. I snapped a grade 8 bolt off the starter leaving threads in the block. Well, of course I was a complete noob at it and so I tried drilling it out, and the drill kept slipping off and pretty soon I had the block so chewed up there was no way the thing was coming out. fortunately, I got a great head for engineering, (just no mechanical ability or expereince back then) and I devised a steel plate that would bolt to the starter in the stock location and allow me to put a bolt to the block in another location (the starter had two bolt holes, the block had 3 for some different application) Since then Ive never really had much more luck with drilling out bolt bits...if they dont come right out I usually find they arent gonna. Anyway, worst case scenario is you gonna need a new upper manifold. __________________ *____________* *Eagles may soar, but weezl's never get sucked into jet engines!*

08-09-2006, 02:24 AM	#1
tone loc 20psi boost Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 706	i just tried drilling the hole today with a extractor from car quest and for some reason its not going in in. i tried forward and reverse and i had the drill at high speed for like 30 seconds and it only barly scracted the surface. What am i doing wrong?

08-09-2006, 04:33 AM	#3
tone loc 20psi boost Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 706	oh so u have to drill with a diffrent bit and then use the extractor? I already tried that too but it wasnt that sharp of a bit so ill try again tommorow.