Drill & tap ! That's the only dance that will succeed in this situation.
On 2012-05-22, at 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > I recently removed the waterpump and thermostat housing from my > 1984 vanagon only to find the gasket between the hose flange and > the housing to be bulging and leaking. When I attempted to remove > one of the 6mm bolts, I broke the head off the bolt. I thought my > only option now was to break off the other bolt head, remove the > hose flange, remove the gasket, and soak the threads with Sea Foam. > I applied Sea Foam twice a day for a week. I thought now the bolts > may move slightly so make more paths for the penetrating oil. I > put a small vise-grip on the bolt stub but the bolt did _not_ move. > I do not want to apply so much torque to twist off the bolt stub.
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