1 Removing broken bolts Wed Dec 17, 2014 8:21 pm
Bigsax
Gold member
Okay so the starter has been in place almost 30 years, held in place with stainless steel bolts. Bolts that have been heated and cooled a few thousand times. Bastards both sheared off when I removed the starter!
My question is how deep do the threads go into the housing? Do they go past the bottom of the raised mounting on the gearbox?
I don't want to drill them out to find I have made it into the gearbox and dumped swarf in there.
All advice appreciated, except the obvious advice that I should have taken a couple of hours to gently get them out in first place
My question is how deep do the threads go into the housing? Do they go past the bottom of the raised mounting on the gearbox?
I don't want to drill them out to find I have made it into the gearbox and dumped swarf in there.
All advice appreciated, except the obvious advice that I should have taken a couple of hours to gently get them out in first place
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