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help #1409040 10/11/05 09:05 PM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 50 M machine OP CEG\'er
OP machine CEG\'er M Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 50	when i was tightening the knuckle that holds the strut i got a little over anxious and broke the bolt. is there anyway to get it out since knuckle is threaded?

Re: help #1409041 10/11/05 09:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,910 Enfield, CT B BrApple_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
BrApple_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er B Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,910 Enfield, CT	drill it out and then remove the rest of it or completely drill it out and retap it, can burnit out but you might still need to retap it how did you break that bolt, it is suppose to be torque to like 75 #/lbs or something like that - 95 Mystique LS - Zetec/5spd - 99 Contour SeVT Sport - Duratec/5spd Official NE-CEG Contour/Mustang Family

Re: help #1409042 10/11/05 10:13 PM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,141 New Berlin, WI P Pole120 Hard-core CEG\'er
Pole120 Hard-core CEG\'er P Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,141 New Berlin, WI	Torquing with a breaker-bar??? 99 SE V6\5spd - 156 HP\157 TQ 15.166-90.84 Totaled 02/12/06 99 SVT # 1571 - 175 HP\153 TQ 14.999-91.88 Born 3/24/99 Reborn 3/18/06 Pietenpol Racing Technologies project vehicle 90 Festiva L 5spd, Blue(not for long), 103k

Re: help #1409043 10/12/05 01:57 AM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 50 M machine OP CEG\'er
OP machine CEG\'er M Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 50	BREAKER BAR IS CORRECT.HOW DO I DRILL IT OUT IS THIS SOMETHING I CAN DO OR NEED TO TAKE TO A SHOP

Re: help #1409044 10/12/05 02:05 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,140 Pennsylvania A Auto-X Fil Hard-core CEG\'er
Auto-X Fil Hard-core CEG\'er A Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,140 Pennsylvania	Go to Sears and ask them what you need. You'll get a drill bit and an extractor. Make sure you know the depth to the bolt where it broke, and the diameter of the hole when you go. -Philip Maynard '95 Contour [71 STS \| Track Whore] '97 Miata [71 ES \| Boulevard Pimp] 2006 autocross results

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