Snapped head bolt

[vt6]

Alright chaps, I've managed to snap a head bolt on my 1200 bandit whilst swapping downpipes. Not a lot of room around them to work, what do you find the best way to remove it?

Thanks in advance

[Vincent]

Do you mean a head stud or the exhaust stud? If it's stuck fast you might need to get the engine out and take it somewhere where they do spark erosion.

[Robby]

Depends on how it snapped.

Is there is still some sticking out, the lots of penetrating oil is your friend, then try to unscrew it with mole grips. I've found before that despite appearing seized solid, the action of snapping tends to shock it out a bit.

Otherwise, you'll probably need to the pop head off and drill it out. If you don't have a drill press and the patience to use it properly, take it to an engineering place.

I spent most of sunday drilling a couple of snapped off exhaust studs out of a cylinder head, then running a tap down the threads to clean them up. Not a job to do quickly.

[Barry_M2]

If there is still enough of it showing, get a stud remover on it.

If it snapper off flush with the head, drilling it out is your only option really!


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[MaybeGuy]

get a left handed drill bit and start drilling.
Most of the time when you get a bit of depth it unscrews itsself.
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