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phil

01-24-2002 16:13:46




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I broke the stepped screw that holds the choke lever to the carb. So I drilled the screw & tried an Easy Out. But I broke the Easy Out. Help, how do I proceed?? Thx




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Plant Doctor

01-25-2002 06:08:13




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 Re: Help, Broke an Easy Out in reply to phil, 01-24-2002 16:13:46  
Phil: For whatever my opinion is worth, I also think you should take it to a good machine shop. There is a tool that removes easy outs, taps, studs, etc. It looks something like welder, what it does is vaporize or burns out the broken piece. The machinist places what looks like this small welder over the broken piece and a small rod comes down and taps the broken piece and everytime the rod comes down a small arc is produced that removes or vaporizes part of the broken tap. It doesn't take long and isn't as expensive as the part you may destroy trying to remove it yourself. I have found that tapping the broken easy out just makes it get tighter and more difficult to remove. Whatever your decision may be, good luck.

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The Dukester

01-25-2002 10:45:44




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 Re: Re: Help, Broke an Easy Out in reply to Plant Doctor, 01-25-2002 06:08:13  
Yep, it's called an EDM machine and it works very good to remove broken off taps, hard studs and easy outs. The machinist's who run these things can usually perform miracles with them and used to really come to my rescue back when I was doing machine tool repair work. I did sometimes have some luck drilling out busted taps and easyouts with carbide drills, but they don't give them away and they can break too.

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rollo

01-25-2002 04:45:28




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 Re: Help, Broke an Easy Out in reply to phil, 01-24-2002 16:13:46  
One method that sometimes works, especially if part of the easy-out is sticking out above the bold head, is to take a small steel punch and tap perpendicular to the radius of the easy-out (i. e. like a tangent to a circle) on a small piece of the edge, causing it to rotate out. Do it slowly with little hammer force, and it may work loose and come out.



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Clooney

01-24-2002 17:19:29




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 Re: Help, Broke an Easy Out in reply to phil, 01-24-2002 16:13:46  
Phil, you have probably figured out by now an "easy out" is really mis-named.
~Probably Paul's suggestion is the safest way to proceeded. I don't like easy outs because they usually just expand the screw or bolt that you are trying to remove.
~Because I don't use easy outs I haven't had to remove a broken one, but have broken my share of taps & have fairly good luck burning them out with a real fine flame on my Acetylene torch. I use a real small welding tip (not cutting) then adjust the flame to a small blue pointed flame then heat the tap red hot then turn the acetylene off & play with the oxygen knob until the tap blows out the hole, it usually takes 2-3 heat/oxygen attempts to blow the tap out & if done carefully & with great care will usually burn the hardened tap out without damaging the soft surrounding threads. CAUTION: If you aren't fluent with a blue tip take it to someone who is.

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Paul Ohio

01-24-2002 16:48:00




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 Re: Help, Broke an Easy Out in reply to phil, 01-24-2002 16:13:46  
Phil, do yourself a favor take the part to a machine shop and let them get the tap out. There is a tool called a tap extracter, hard to find and expensive to buy. Most decent machine shops have them. Lesson learned..... ..



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