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In The Ten Ring · 09-22-2013, 09:35 PM

I removed the gas tank last July but I twisted a bolt head off when removing it. There were 7 bolts that hold it to the rear of the cab's floor plus the seat belt bolts....anyway....I lost one head.

So today I centerpunched (dead center too!), drilled, then when I tried the extractor, BOOM, the extractor breaks off! So I'm thinking it's time to super glue on a nut, tack weld that to the broken bolt, then wrench it out.

Am I thinking clearly here?

THE GAS TANK HAS BEEN REMOVED.

09-22-2013, 09:35 PM	#1
In The Ten Ring Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 6,421	Broken bolt headaches! I removed the gas tank last July but I twisted a bolt head off when removing it. There were 7 bolts that hold it to the rear of the cab's floor plus the seat belt bolts....anyway....I lost one head. So today I centerpunched (dead center too!), drilled, then when I tried the extractor, BOOM, the extractor breaks off! So I'm thinking it's time to super glue on a nut, tack weld that to the broken bolt, then wrench it out. Am I thinking clearly here? THE GAS TANK HAS BEEN REMOVED. Last edited by In The Ten Ring; 09-23-2013 at 11:51 AM.



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