Things were going well with torqing the conrods back on, repainting the oil
pan, etc.
So I go to torque the oil pump back on. Snap. Ugh. One of the 3 bolts snapped
right off, even though I
sweare it wasn't quite 100% in yet.
So a few drill bits later, and all I have is a tapering hole in the broken-off
section of the bolt.
I even tried screwing a nut back on the remaning(sticking out) area, dremeling
a gap and using a screwdriver
but no luck. Any suggestions? What drill bits are appropriate for this? I
noticed the metal-colored ones
I tried(small ones) broke off. Last thing I tried(with a real drill, not a
Dremel) was use the remainder of
the drill bit to bore it in sideways. Of course, it's so smooth now(after so
much work) I can't jam a screwdriver
in there.
Even though it's bad, could a oil pump work with only 2 of the bolts in? I'm
kind of running out of ideas.
Ugh, I hate these broken bolt setbacks. Unfortunately, it seems to be one of
the worst places to break off a bolt.
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