ok so when i was doing some maintaince on the motor, i removed the exhaust manifolds, and intended on replacing the hardware. i have successfully reinstalled the left side with new hardware. the right side is a headache. taking it off, i had issues and snapped one, went to remove the 2 studs remaining, got one out and snapped the other, making it i have 2 snapped studs to get out.. now while drilling out the first one, i snapped a bit.. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!! i am soo screwed, i know it, but please help me salvage this... i cannot afford a machine shop right now..

 

Can you post any big pic's not small cant see it pic's

That would help

 

id love to. let me go try, give me 5 min, not sure how good its gonna be with a cell phone camera... haha

 

for the pic, use 98DAKAZ's post below

 

Yikes thats too big shrink it some ha ha

Is the bit snaped off in the head? How deep?

Just deleat your monster pic and use my pic

Im not sure how to fix that but you now have a good pic for others to see

I wonder if you could just tack weld it and get the head fixed at a way later date

 

its about no more than 1/4" in.. i tried drilling the bit out, and it chewed the one i used to attempt to drill out the bit

 

I wonder if you could just tack weld it and get the head fixed at a way later date

 

well i did it so i had 1/16-3/16 buffer between the hold and the threads of the bolt.. i would love to try to weld it, if i had the equiptment, however i dont.. any other ideas?

i read on a boat forum that 2 nails in the splines of the bit, and use vice grips to grab the nails and back out the bit.. im gonna try that tomorrow, but would like to try multiple options before i admit defeat..

 

You need to be so careful when drilling out any snapped off bolt because snapping off the drill is so common and easy to do did that drilling out my ball joint rivets luckily I wiggled it out with some needle nose pliers

 

when you get the hole right fallow these rules
1 do NOT use plated bolts.
2. DO use anti-size compound on all threads and bottom of bolt heads.
3. tighten all bolts to only 70-80% of full torque. first time
4. after 6-7 full heat cycles torque to full amount.
5. if they start to leek go to full torque.
these are just guide lines. some people may have other ideas, they might have good ideas, DONT toss them out, if different than my ideas. i DONT know it all.