oh great! snapped the exhaust bolts!!!!

sagiliam · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Karma :

i was attempting to take the bolts that attach the exhaust to the actual engine and i have snapped them!! what should i do!!!!!????
(suzuki fr50)

john2 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Karma :

Sorry Liam but i have to laugh, just take it to Sids its the only option!!

veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

Throw your toolbox in a hedge Razz

Or turn to drink.

How did you manage to snap them taking them off Shocked

john2 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Karma :

When i went round his they were like stuck on they probably havent been taken off since 1987.

bob-a-job · Scooby Slapper Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Karma :

Count yourself lucky... I was on my way down to cornwall when we discovered one of my engine bolts was 90% out... (I was closelining little rabbits all the way down!).. so had to hold it in with my foot for the next hour..

...that was fun!

sagiliam · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Karma :

i feel suicidal lol

tonytango · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 22 May 2006 Karma :

ok sags listen up...first go to a local shop and ask for a 'tube of superglue' Very Happy

...nah...but seriously.... invest in a screw extractor to drill a small pilot hole in the bolt itself until it is tight then extract the rest of the bolts out and replace with new bolts....a link to a cheap set of screw extractors are here https://www.toolstation.com/?r=k&feature=51010

hope this helps

tony

p.s - i have done this before ....but not on the exhaust bolts though..it is so easily done Laughing

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ZRX61 · Victor Meldrew Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Karma :

tonyyzf · Brolly Dolly Joined: 13 May 2005 Karma :

Are they broken off flush or is there a bit of bolt sticking out? if they've broken leaving a stub then find someone with a welder to weld a nut over the broken stub, the heat from the welding will ease the stud and you'll find it easy to remove, if they've broken flush its more difficult, i've never had much luck with stud extractors, in fact, i hate them and certainly wouldn't consider using them for broken exhaust studs, the biggest danger is breaking the extractor inside the bolt, if you do that you're in big trouble, so avoid using them if possible, better getting someone to drill the studs out and helicoil new threads into the head.
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ZRX61 · Victor Meldrew Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Karma :

sagiliam · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Karma :

its ok, ive sent it to the bike shop. im not going to risk anymore breakages.
liam

tonytango · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 22 May 2006 Karma :

or i suppose you could have taken the cylinder head out and take the bolts out that way
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