Date:         Sun, 13 Jul 1997 19:28:51 -0500 (CDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Tim Marciniak <tmarcini@execpc.com>
Subject:      Re: Screw extractors any good?

Mark,

You Said,

>The next step is to have a shop weld a bolt head onto the allen head and go
>from their.
>IMHO the hammer blows and the heat are equally important as having a good
>secure head to wrench connection. Heat does wonders and is the final word
>in loosing.  We call it the "flame wrench". Hammer blows do miracles too.
>Why? I don't exactly know, but I've seen stuff drop off just by hitting it
>and waiting. Go figure.

I think I might try this, I could either weld a bolt head or weld my rough
homemade 9mm allen wrench to what is left of the head of the original allen
bolt.  I have access to a gas welder so this just might work.  I was using
a allen type socket wrench but as soon as I would torque the bolt the
wrench would loose its grip and pop out.  The allen bolt is pretty deformed
from all my attempts.  I just hope that I can get a good enough weld to
torque on the bolt to get it out.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Tim Marciniak
90 Multivan