Air box bolt snapped help!

[Draxsonimy]

anyone have this happen?

we just pretty much looking at a driil at tap out?

on a cool note there is a white grease pen number of 12020 written on the inside of the frame i never noticed

 

[snrusnak]

Yep could try to extract it but often times they don't work. I'd drill it to close the size of the hole then run a tap through it.

 

[Draxsonimy]

yay

 

[Cooter]

Left hand drill bits are awesome. Sometimes the bolt catches and unscrews for you[up]
I wouldn't suggest heating it with a torch

 

[Draxsonimy]

Hating loosens stuff what's wrong with a torch?

 

[snrusnak]

Be careful with torch/heat as it's a FUEL TANK

 

[Cooter]

And right next to the vented gas cap. Bad idea.

 

[Draxsonimy]

Hahaha

 

[oh9bolt]

Wow

 

[Draxsonimy]

But seriously after giving cooter a hard time. Should i just skip the extractor and go straight to drill and tap? Any suggestions? Anyone delt with this?

 

[Negative]

I've dealt with it plenty of times ... a small EZ out and a small drill bit should work ... the tap would be my next step if that fails ....

DO

NOT

USE

A

TORCH

That is a terrible terrible idea ... if it doesn't catch on freaking fire ... (yes fire ... hot) ... I would at least be worried about ruining my frame's paint ... just my 0.02 .....

 

[Route0766]

NOT A GOOD IDEA!
Use a screw extractor...

 

[Draxsonimy]

Wow this torch joke has gotten out of hand

 

[Negative]

Oh ..... well shit ..... man I thought that was posed as a serious suggestion for consideration ... lololol !!! ... Now I feel stupid for taking it seriously ... The only thing I guess I took in while skimming down the thread was "airbox bolt", "torch", and "apply heat to frame" ....... hahaha