Bolts snapped trying to remove footpeg

[white rat]

Get the yellow bottle for the torch you have now, it's the hottest you can get for it. Hit Brafasco or Fastening house for the easy outs.

Get your self some metric wrenches (every bolt on that trike should be metric) and tap them with a to loosen the bolts, you have a better chance of braking bolts if your using steady pressure instead of the impact of a . Remember the trick I showed ya on the axle nuts, heat and the worked when the spanner didn't.

Give me a shout if you need me to explain a little more.

[plastikosmd]

the welding trick has worked well for me. Just snapped 4 of 5 stainless bolts off on changing a waterpump on an outboard. Salt water sucks. I put a nut on top of the bolts (some were flush others were countersunk) and tig welded up and into the nut..all easily came out. The combination of the welding heat and the added nut to grip onto makes it easy.

[Xhumeka]

Well I just spent 3 days trying to get those bolts out with nothing to show for it - too bad I'm not a welder as that seems to be the best method to remove those things.

I PB Blasted, heated, and tried the bolt extractor method over the past 3 days and neither will budge one bit!!! I applied so much force to the bolt extractor that I was sure it was going to snap - thank goodness it didn't!

So I guess I'm going to have to drill them out and re-tap... that's my only solution at this point

[honda_atc200es]

i need to get some of my snapped bolts out. i have 3 in the head of my spare engine, one on the top engine mount of my current engine, and another one i cant remember where =P stripped and snapped bolts always drive me crazy =/

Good luck to ya

[Thorpe]

I use a mig welder. Use a small grinder and clean up the tip of the bolt, and weld a hot little glob onto the bolt, let cool, and weld a little bigger glob on, repeat. Hose it down with some wd40 and remove with a good sharp toothed vise grip... I build street rods, so dealing with rusty broken bolts is a daily thing for me... Good luck!