Hello all,
I have had easy-out work. When you are installing a bolt and twist it
off they are great. The broken off piece is not seized in the hole and all you
are really doing is adding a handle to turn it. When you are removing a bolt
that has been there for thirty years, it's rusted solid and you twist it off,
then they don't work. Another place they don't work is on brass plugs, they
expand the plug and it just get tighter. The key to removing seized up
fasteners seems to be penetrating oil, heat and being careful. Even with the
best
tricks sometimes you are just doomed.
keith
In a message dated 10/1/2004 11:46:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
hallosb@juno.com writes:
The comment about easy-outs is dead on. Has anyone ever had these damn
things actually work? Every time I've used them, they turn a bad situation
worse. Those new Sears extractors that fit in your drill are just as bad.
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