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13-04-06, 07:26 PM | #1 |
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Drilling Out Sump Plug?
Good folk of sv650.org, how is this done? Can it be done using a bog standard drill bit? I've managed to round the sump plug. It's royally fooked. I drilled right through the head and used an allen key to try to undo it, but to no avail. So now I'm left with a very round plug with a very big bloody hole through it. Is there any way of drilling it out? Or any other way I could try to undo it? I have a couple of bits that are meant to drill out rounded bolts but the tips are very flat so I don't know how they are meant to work
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13-04-06, 07:29 PM | #2 |
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weld a nut the the plug and undo it with that.
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13-04-06, 07:41 PM | #3 |
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What we do if we get prob's like this on cars,is to either get some mole-grips on it,or if you've already drilled through it,and you have any Spline type tools,try and bash one up through the hole,and then undo it! I know this sounds like a real bodge,BUT Ford Ka's spark-plugs shear off in the cylinder head,and this is the only way to get the remains of the 'plug out without removing the Head! Good Luck! |
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13-04-06, 09:04 PM | #5 |
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Try a set of plumbers pipe wrenches,always works on stubborn nuts for me
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13-04-06, 09:33 PM | #6 |
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you can get stud exstractors which you tap in and then use a spanner to undo also try lightly i mean lightly so as not to damage the threads tapping it with a hammer to loosen it first
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14-04-06, 10:51 AM | #7 |
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I wouldn't use an extractor, if there's anything left to grip, and with a rounded bolt head there is, then pipe grips or mole grips or similar is by far the best solution.
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14-04-06, 01:57 PM | #8 |
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Ok, thanks all. Will try the mole grips or pipe grips this weekend and see how I go. And if they don't work, I think I'll have to resort to this
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14-04-06, 08:20 PM | #9 |
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go buy an easy out!!!!!
opposite thread piece wind it in and it will wind it out! |
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