Well gone and done it now. the extractor broke off in the hole. Thought I
was going easy, had soaked the thing in PB blaster and was turning it by hand
so as not to break it or create metal shavings. I guess, as one wag
suggested, I need to pull the thing off and take it to a machine shop. Have
started to pull the caliper off and it does not want to budge.
I am getting pretty close to selling the car, I am not beaten yet, but the
tide of battle is turning against me. This is my third MG and undoubtedly the
hardest one yet to get on the road. I wanted a challenge and boy did I get
one with the MGC.
I think I will go work on my TD for a while and let this beast sit.
THANKS!
MIKE R
john peloquin wrote:
> Dear Mike,
>
> Whoo Hoooo, screw extractors! Boy, I've broken off my share of those
> things! First thing I'd try is getting a reverse thread drill bit small
> enough to avoid damaging the threads of the calipers and the right size
> for the screw extractor you use. There should be a chart telling you what
> size screw extractor and drill bit you should use. If you can magnetize
> the reverse thread drill before you start drilling, so much the better so
> that you can catch any chips before they fall into the caliper! If you are
> lucky, then you'll spin the broken bleeder valve out when you reverse
> drill the thing out. If not, then you stick the proper size extractor in
> the hole you've drilled and screw it out by turning in the opposite
> direction you would normally turn to put a screw in- counter clockwise,
> that is!
>
> Good luck. I've broken my share of small extractors and they are made of
> REALLY hard steel!
>
> "Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance."
> John J. Peloquin, Assistant Research Entomologist
> Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
>
> On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Mike Razor wrote:
>
> > Who can tell me how these things work. I have a bleeder valve
> > sheared off flush with the side of the caliper. There is a
> > hole in the middle that the #2 extractor fits in. There is a
> > picture of a drill on the box set of extractors.
> > 1. Which way do I turn the drill (forward) (backward)
> > 2. How much pressure
> > 3. Am I suppose to chew the screw out or bite into it and back
> > it out
> > HELP!
> > MIKE R
> >
> >
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