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Bmod986 · 03-21-2013, 09:10 PM

Just to clarify i did you the easy out and failed. The bolt was soo tight that the inside of the bolt gave in before it gave a budge. It moved a bit before I striped the bolt head and then I used a plumbers pipe wrench and budged it a bit more. But guess what the pipe wrench's teeth ened up braking. So the bolt was still in there. I cut the head off of the bolt, cut the bolt shorter, and proceed to dril. Broke a few bits and bought a titanium set, burned two of the bit tips and damaged two of my easy out bits. Then I tried drilling the bolt out completely but ended up with about a 7mm hole in the apparent middle of what is left of the bolt. With that said i am sure i cant do any more. As a last resort I bought a blow torch and used it a bit to see if it did something. Well it did not, so I was very frustrated. Been at it for two nights and called it quites on the third decided to get the replacement. Also recruited some friends to help out and still nothing.

I am looking at possibly paying $75-150 for a used carrier. Add to that the tools I bought to attempt and fix the problem, which was around $45 and I feel like money was wasted. Not to mention if I bought it new it would be around $860 so that is way out of the question.

All I wanted was to change my rotors not to deal with all this. I don't even want to think about how hard changing my suspension is going to be in the very near future.

03-21-2013, 09:10 PM	#5
Bmod986 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: North NJ Posts: 269	Just to clarify i did you the easy out and failed. The bolt was soo tight that the inside of the bolt gave in before it gave a budge. It moved a bit before I striped the bolt head and then I used a plumbers pipe wrench and budged it a bit more. But guess what the pipe wrench's teeth ened up braking. So the bolt was still in there. I cut the head off of the bolt, cut the bolt shorter, and proceed to dril. Broke a few bits and bought a titanium set, burned two of the bit tips and damaged two of my easy out bits. Then I tried drilling the bolt out completely but ended up with about a 7mm hole in the apparent middle of what is left of the bolt. With that said i am sure i cant do any more. As a last resort I bought a blow torch and used it a bit to see if it did something. Well it did not, so I was very frustrated. Been at it for two nights and called it quites on the third decided to get the replacement. Also recruited some friends to help out and still nothing. I am looking at possibly paying $75-150 for a used carrier. Add to that the tools I bought to attempt and fix the problem, which was around $45 and I feel like money was wasted. Not to mention if I bought it new it would be around $860 so that is way out of the question. All I wanted was to change my rotors not to deal with all this. I don't even want to think about how hard changing my suspension is going to be in the very near future. Last edited by Bmod986; 03-21-2013 at 09:12 PM.