Dads just "know", don't they?

Well, leave it to me to go a little too far. About 2 weeks ago I twisted a bolt off, on one of the 3 tapped holes in the casting on a WD, that holds the fenders on.

I twisted that sucker right off, clean. So last night the dog and I were in the shop. I wanted to get that broken off bolt out, It had to go in order to get the fender extensions and fenders back on the tractor. So I go at it, and get a punch, tap a little hole, a little off center, and drill a tiny hole through the broken bolt. Then I follow that with another drill bit bigger. This is finally big enough for an EZ out, and I then notice that my hole is more off center than I originally thought. Dang. Well, I try anyways with the EZ out. No luck. Dang.

Well, tonight I ask Dad to give me a hand with this broken bolt. He quickly reminds me that a hole drilled off center, is not good for EZ outs and broken bolts. Yep, I know dad. I messed it up.

He goes at it first with the EZ and no luck for him either. Then out comes the torch for heat, still no luck. Things don't look good, and he tells me we may have to drill into the threads of the hole, because its off center. Dang. We drill a couple sizes bigger and try again with EZ out, no luck. At this point I said we could just drill the hole to the bolt size and I would re-tap the hole. He thinks about this and said "no, I think a jig-saw would work with the blade backwards, to cut into the thick part of the remaining bolt, and free up the tension." Ok, lets try it.

5 minutes later the jig saw is out and working. She cuts a small slot through the last part of the broken bolt. "Lets get a small chisel and loosen it." He did, and with a few taps, that broken bolt was out of the threaded hole.

I guess I took the time to type all this tonight to say just this one thing...

Don't dads just know what to do! God bless em!

Edited by Don(MI) - 23 Dec 2010 at 6:28pm

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	Well, leave it to me to go a little too far. About 2 weeks ago I twisted a bolt off, on one of the 3 tapped holes in the casting on a WD, that holds the fenders on. I twisted that sucker right off, clean. So last night the dog and I were in the shop. I wanted to get that broken off bolt out, It had to go in order to get the fender extensions and fenders back on the tractor. So I go at it, and get a punch, tap a little hole, a little off center, and drill a tiny hole through the broken bolt. Then I follow that with another drill bit bigger. This is finally big enough for an EZ out, and I then notice that my hole is more off center than I originally thought. Dang. Well, I try anyways with the EZ out. No luck. Dang. Well, tonight I ask Dad to give me a hand with this broken bolt. He quickly reminds me that a hole drilled off center, is not good for EZ outs and broken bolts. Yep, I know dad. I messed it up. He goes at it first with the EZ and no luck for him either. Then out comes the torch for heat, still no luck. Things don't look good, and he tells me we may have to drill into the threads of the hole, because its off center. Dang. We drill a couple sizes bigger and try again with EZ out, no luck. At this point I said we could just drill the hole to the bolt size and I would re-tap the hole. He thinks about this and said "no, I think a jig-saw would work with the blade backwards, to cut into the thick part of the remaining bolt, and free up the tension." Ok, lets try it. 5 minutes later the jig saw is out and working. She cuts a small slot through the last part of the broken bolt. "Lets get a small chisel and loosen it." He did, and with a few taps, that broken bolt was out of the threaded hole. I guess I took the time to type all this tonight to say just this one thing... Don't dads just know what to do! God bless em! Edited by Don(MI) - 23 Dec 2010 at 6:28pm