> Has anyone used this tool successfully? Or have we all had the same
> experience as John? I know I have. Took me 4 hours and at least a
> dozen drill bits to remedy the situation.
> I bought the best quality reverse thread taper type
> extractor I could find. Put the head on my Pillar (Bench) drill,
> drilled the pilot hole to the correct size after finding the exact
> center of the stud. Then put a tap handle on the extractor and very
> very carefully started to screw it in, I got a good depth before the
> tool "bit", so now it was a matter of a little force, force applied
> and SNAP, the @*+%$$# tool broke leaving the rest of the tool
> imbedded in the stud and me with now an even bigger problem. My guess
> is this sort of tool only deals with a stud without good access, but
> not one that has corroded itself in position.
> John
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> John Gillis
> 1954 TR2 TS3618. October 1954 (ground up)
> 2001 Kawasaki W650
> Trinity College
> Dublin,
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