So, I had a rear stud snap off below flush... My mom's boyfriend decided to drill it out for me..(grr)
there were still chunks of the old stud down inside the hole..
I finally got a couple taps today... ground the hole out to 13/64 and started tapping to 1/4" x 20.. which went fine.. I figured I'd try the 2nd Tap through one more time(it looked sharper...)
and snap.... now I had a TAP stuck way down in the hole...
had no way of trying to get it out... drill bits VS Tap = useless... so.. now what?
Any ideas? I'm thinking: Doomed..
( maybe a Helicoil if I can ever get the buried tap out?..would have to be a pretty big helicoil... down to 1/4" ish...)
so, what have we learned here?
Try an "Easy Out" first!....(when studs break...)
if you break a tap off.... uh,.. Don't try "drilling" it out....(try a "finger" tool... don't try chiseling it out....)
holes above the stock studs = badddddd.
there were still chunks of the old stud down inside the hole..
I finally got a couple taps today... ground the hole out to 13/64 and started tapping to 1/4" x 20.. which went fine.. I figured I'd try the 2nd Tap through one more time(it looked sharper...)
and snap.... now I had a TAP stuck way down in the hole...
had no way of trying to get it out... drill bits VS Tap = useless... so.. now what?
Any ideas? I'm thinking: Doomed..
( maybe a Helicoil if I can ever get the buried tap out?..would have to be a pretty big helicoil... down to 1/4" ish...)
so, what have we learned here?
Try an "Easy Out" first!....(when studs break...)
if you break a tap off.... uh,.. Don't try "drilling" it out....(try a "finger" tool... don't try chiseling it out....)
holes above the stock studs = badddddd.
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