Seems like a deal to me.

One of those things I always mean to get for the toolbox.

Easy Outs





[Edited on 23/1/11 by zilspeed]

i was in there Frida night, they had spanners and tap & dies sets and other little hand tools.. sorry forgot to post!

Bought the easy outs last year they were sh1te. just blunted at first try - did not even get one broken stud out.
Of course they may have changed their supplier this year! Ditto the taps and dies although I did manage to cut one thread and the tap and die holders are handy to use with quality taps and dies. Strangely I have found the drills to be excellent!

Easyouts are the work of the devil. All that happens is that instead of having a sheared bolt to drill out you get to try and remove a sheared bolt with a sheared (and rock hard) easyout stuck in it (which is twice as difficult).

The best thing to do is drill the hole for the Easyout as directed, then chuck the easyouts in the bin and carry on manually drilling the bolt out

Or do the weld-on-a-nut trick.

Just my experience anyway!

Only easy outs i have ever had any joy with are the splined shaft type like this:




It's what we used to use in the Army when working on helicopters, Looking for a set myself so if anyone know where you can get them...

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Originally posted by BenB
Easyouts are the work of the devil. All that happens is that instead of having a sheared bolt to drill out you get to try and remove a sheared bolt with a sheared (and rock hard) easyout stuck in it (which is twice as difficult).

The best thing to do is drill the hole for the Easyout as directed, then chuck the easyouts in the bin and carry on manually drilling the bolt out

Or do the weld-on-a-nut trick.

Just my experience anyway!

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Originally posted by r1_pete
Mine too, stands to reason really when you think about it, if a stud is locked up enough to break its say 8mm diameter, you put a 6mm diameter extractor down it and expect it to exert enough torque to free the stud, whilst its taper spreads the stud locking it tighter.......

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Here they are, not cheap though

http://www.transtools.co.uk/store/prod_8323/drill-and-driver-bits/hss-imperial-jobber-drill-bits/rothenberger-stud-extractor-set-3/16in-5/8in.html />

and here, a bit cheaper

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=7108959


and here

http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=162218
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