@dixiebandit69 Help! I need help finding an extractor set that will remove left hand threaded bolt. I one that goes righty-loosey, instead of righty tighty. I've yet to locate one on the internet
That one says reverse thread, but if you look at the pic, for it work and grip the bolt, you turn it counterclockwise into the drilled hole, which would be lefty loosey. I need the opposite, right loosey. I have a set of those. I think I found what I need, from McMaster. Amazon has so many products like you posted, that won't work, it's ridiculous.
You know, I've never been in that situation before, but if/ when I am, I'd either try tapping it out with a sharp chisel, or use a conventional drill bit to try backing it out. As the drill gouges out pieces of metal, it will hopefully turn the broken piece along with it. I have MANY different types of extraction tools, but none for left-hand drive... What is it that's broken, anyway? How big/ deep is it?
Here is a crappy drawing. It's actually a regular thread bolt, but I need it spin clockwise, from the top, out the bottom. It is in a boat and can't be reached from the bottom. It's recessed, and probably a half inch deep in the block. There is a hole in the top but when they tapped the threads, they didn't go all the way through, it can't come through the top. And there's red loctite on the bolt. It has to be spun clockwise from the top, or I pull the engine out and fix it.
Then just use a conventional drill bit in standard rotation. Also, is there any way that you can heat the bolt to melt the Loctite?
The few times I've tried using extractors they broke as well. Can you tack weld a smaller diameter bolt, or a nut to it? Supposedly, heating the bolt and the holding a crayon or candle to the bolt until it melts can help. The heat is supposed to pull the wax along the threads making it able to turn, however I have never tried this method. No idea if it's valid or an internet 'trick' What's the material it's in made of? Can you heat the bolt until it melts? If it's liquid it isn't stuck
What kind of bolt are you trying to remove? How big? What does it do? I usually throw a ton of heat to it and spray it down with some penetrating oil (Kroil is usually my goto, CRC is on the shelf too https://www.crcindustries.ca/crc-penetrating-oil-312g/), then wait overnight and give it a go.
No luck with this method, yet. This typically works on this bolt when it isn’t loctite'd. This bolt breaking is an issue on these 3.0 mercruisers. I probably just need more heat and patience. Someone with better welding skills may could do it, I don't know if I could. I also do not have a welder. I'm not against buying one as a last resort. It is a starter mounting bolt. It's really a poor design that they added a bracket to the back of the starter in later years to stop them from breaking starter bolts. This engine diesel'd, ran on fumes, after turning the key off. These engines can do that if you don't let them idle for a bit before shutting down, particularly if you're running the engine hard. The danger when that happens is it can suck water into a cylinder, which it did. Hydrolocked the engine and when I tried to start it again, it broke 1 of 2 bolts and the bracket. Accessing the area is the main struggle, it's so tight on this boat. No easy or comfortable way to reach the problem.
Ahh. Boat shit. I think you’ve got the normal advice to it, not sure how helpful it will be. Good luck dude.
Just hacked the Porsche. Bumped into an old friend of mine from my racing days and told him I now had a Cayenne Turbo... "hey, me too... want my tune for it?" "Oh hell yeah!" He has hacked his Cayenne ECU/TCU and offered me the flash and the tuning software so I could make my own tweaks. (He's an ECU/TCU specialist with Penske Racing who works with Porsche engineers daily to do this for a living, so I kind of trust him). "Yeah... in Super Fun Mode it's pushing about 850hp on 93 octane." Not too shabby for a twin turbo V8. NICE. Just took it for a rip and holy shit is it so much more funner than it was before. And I finally got to turn off the "eco-shut-off-the-engine-when-stopped" feature by default.
Yep. I have the option to turn it off once the car starts, but it's one of those PITA things that just makes me smile now that "off" is the default setting.
I tried to do something similar week 2 of owning the car, but as of 2021 (year of my car) Bosch has locked their ECU's (in the Porsches, anyway) so that you can't modify them. My buddy has the magic "unlock" app from Bosch because they need to be able to change shit for their race cars, which is pretty damn handy.
Thought about looking for something like that but also, in CA, if you fuck with the ECU, the car will automatically fail a smog check. Like if you put bigger tires on your truck and use one of those doohickeys to calibrate the speedometer, you'll fail the smog check. California is such a fun state to be an auto enthusiast in. /s
My first Porsche was a California car, and was labelled a “gross polluter”. I was quite proud of that.