[Healeys] Broken Screw

Kees Oudesluijs coudesluijs at chello.nl
Tue May 26 11:11:26 MDT 2020


You could use left hand drill bits (not meaning the LH threaded bolt 
removers) and you may be lucky that the remainder will come out. However 
start as Rick Neville said by filing flat the remainder first if at all 
possible and use a centre punch dead in the middle.

Kees Oudesluijs

Op 26-5-2020 om 18:51 schreef HealeyRick:
> Hi Mike,
>
> My 2 cents.  File the end of the bolt flat if possible, then center 
> punch to give the drill a place to start.  Begin with a very small bit 
> in the center and keep going up until you get near the original 
> threads and use a dental pick to clean out the threads.  Use a thread 
> chaser if needed.
>
> Good luck!
> Rick Neville
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 3:05 PM Michael MacLean 
> <rrengineer.mike at att.net <mailto:rrengineer.mike at att.net>> wrote:
>
>     Went to install the rebuilt horns on my BN2 last night and could
>     only screw one on the cross member of the frame.  The other
>     mounting hole were a problem.  Somewhere, sometime in the past
>     whoever removed the horns snapped one of the screws off flush with
>     the frame.  Best way to get this out?  Must have been corroded in
>     place to snap off like that.
>     Mike MacLean
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