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Originally Posted by hatdiver
Currently going through the process of replacing a lot of the fixings on my hyper to blue titanium.
As they are so expensive I thought to buy some blue ally ones to use in non critical areas. Big mistake, especially some of the smaller bolts. Even with minimal tightening they are prone to shear.
I fitted ally bolts to hold on the carbon tank panel. One of them snapped and I cant get it out. I tried easy outs, (screw extractor), but as its an ally bolt the easy out is just deforming the drilled hole.
My next thought is to somehow remove the heli coil insert in the tank but not sure how to go about this.
Anyone any experience of doing this, tips tricks etc.
Any info apreciated.
Thanks
John
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John see if you can get yourself a parallel easy out. You'll obviously need to find the chart for the correct size hole to drill. The parallel easy out can be then tapped in gently with a hammer far enough so that you have a good purchase area grip to hopefully help break the torque stiction.
If you can't get one then try getting a hold of either an adjustable or fixed size parallel reamer and carefully ream out the alloy screw. You'll have to use your judgement here and ensure you don't contact the original steel insert threads. Once you get to this point you can virtually pick/remove the leftover thread out with a steel stylus type pick tool. All going well it should come out looking very much like a roughed up spring / bad looking helicoil
Best of luck
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