Broken head bolt

[vegas39]

Okay riotwarrior I see the way you were looking at it. I was overlooking the broken easy out. I guess we need to here from op and find out if the easy out is indeed stuck in the bolt. I never use those tapered easy outs. They work on fittings but not very often on bolts. The ridgid extractors are a straight cut. They don't expand the bolt and cause it to jam tighter. You should have a helper when drilling that way you will have more of a chance to get it straight on something this critical. Always chase threads after getting broken bolts out.

Yes, tapered extractor and it broke off even with the head bolt. I tried drilling through it and it wont budge.

 

[PwrSmoke]

Vegas- Here's something that worked for me once. Easy outs are very hard material. Hard steel is brittle. I had some luck once years using a very shape, very hard center punch and with a mighty blow, shattered the easy out, or at least the top part of it. More work got the rest. The problem you have is what my dad used to call a "***** kitty."

 

[typ4]

Tapered easy outs are junk, and also, the term "easy out" is such a contradiction in terms.
If I was at this point I would get some special stick rod that is designed to weld on top of the offending bolt and make it tall er so you can get a grip on it to remove it.

https://www.partsmaster.us/SitePages/products.aspx?Code=02010305

 

[79jasper]

^ or like this. How to Remove a Broken Bolt - Exhuast Manifold St…: http://youtu.be/g6w2grAV-oc
And I agree, should be called "**** you offs."

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[icanfixall]

That man can weld!!! When I ws working in the machine shop before I retired we made new turbine diaphragm blades by creating a 1/4 thick form behind the cut back and worn off blade tips. Then we ran pas after pas till the blade was rebuilt to the original length. This was stainless or Inconel rod. Boy was that Inconel hard to reprofile to the same shape blade after recreating it. You actually could not tell it was a recreated blade tip. It was true artwork welding.