On Sun, 13 Jul 1997, Tim Marciniak wrote: > Does anyone have experience with screw/bolt extractors? Do they work? Are > they brittle, do they break or crack leaving a half broken extractor > inside the already broken bolt. I've tried screw extractors 3 times, each time without success. Plus, I've read post after post in this and other newgroups about the problems with using these things. Maybe it's one of those things somebody needs to show you how to do, or maybe you need more mechanical aptitude than I have, but I've sworn off using them.
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