Top of a battery terminal.
Trying to help a neighbor.
Anyway to get this out?
I don't have a welder.
Trying to help a neighbor.
Anyway to get this out?
I don't have a welder.
Creative way to remove this snapped off bolt?
- Thread starter Brybo86
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Can’t weld it IMO. It’s on a battery and the sparks will explode the battery.
I’d drill a hole in the bolt and try an easy out.
Just my $0.02
I’d drill a hole in the bolt and try an easy out.
Just my $0.02
Copious amounts of profanity may help.
But drilling it out should be your best bet. Just do it outside and cover the battery with something.
But drilling it out should be your best bet. Just do it outside and cover the battery with something.
Wow this is stubborn.
I'm starting to think adapting the cable may be the best thing.
I'm starting to think adapting the cable may be the best thing.
No good deeds goes unpunished.
Broke my favorite ancient extractor bit
Broke my favorite ancient extractor bit
you did say creative...
just the TINIEST bit of C4...
just the TINIEST bit of C4...
If the extractor broke off in the hole, you are done there. Too hard to drill. You may have to chisel or close quarters hack saw the thing off the post, with out cracking the case. I would be afraid of a Dremel saw due to sparks.
P.S. I think I would use a close quarters hacksaw.
P.S. I think I would use a close quarters hacksaw.
How deep of a hole do you have with the extractor down there?
You may have enough clearance to drill to the next size tap size and cut threads with a bottoming tap. Cut a few good threads and grind the lead threads off the tap to get a few more turns before bottoming onto the broken extractor.
Perhaps a new battery is easier. It comes with less Tylenol.
Crazy me, I would try to get a key locking thread insert in that hole.
Wait....that's a ~$125 battery (Amazon). Buy more Tylenol and go at it!
You may have enough clearance to drill to the next size tap size and cut threads with a bottoming tap. Cut a few good threads and grind the lead threads off the tap to get a few more turns before bottoming onto the broken extractor.
Perhaps a new battery is easier. It comes with less Tylenol.
Crazy me, I would try to get a key locking thread insert in that hole.
Wait....that's a ~$125 battery (Amazon). Buy more Tylenol and go at it!
I drilled it out as far as the bolt went in on the other side. Mb 3/8in or a bit more.How deep of a hole do you have with the extractor down there?
You may have enough clearance to drill to the next size tap size and cut threads with a bottoming tap. Cut a few good threads and grind the lead threads off the tap to get a few more turns before bottoming onto the broken extractor.
Perhaps a new battery is easier. It comes with less Tylenol.
Crazy me, I would try to get a key locking thread insert in that hole.
Wait....that's a ~$125 battery (Amazon). Buy more Tylenol and go at it!
I drilled until I just saw a tiny bit of soft lead at the bottom of the whole.
I think the metal of the bolt was just pressing *out* straight into the softer metal and that's why it couldn't ould come out.
The good terminal looks like it has like a steel insert into the soft lead. Like a time sert.
Different than the terminals that have a loose nut underneath.
The battery is actually testing really well. Date code 4/20. i don't think it is junk yet.
Yes crazy how expensive it is. An nearly as much as a car battery that is 3x larger.
