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broken off exhaust mounting bolt in engine ??? what to do ?
« on: April 26, 2010, 07:03:42 PM »

 New to the Cb Club , I have a 79 ' 650 which I picked up at a great price but needs work. It has one of the mounting bolts for the exhaust which is broken off in the motor . Looking for tricks tips to solve my problem. Been reading other threads and theres some Ingenious folk on here. Figure I am not the first to come by this . Any help helps.

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Re: broken off exhaust mounting bolt in engine ??? what to do ?
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2010, 04:42:18 AM »
How much thread of poking out? Enough to get vise grips on? Or is it all inside the head?
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Re: broken off exhaust mounting bolt in engine ??? what to do ?
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2010, 07:27:33 AM »

 No , it's all in the head . Nothing to grab at with vice grips.

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Re: broken off exhaust mounting bolt in engine ??? what to do ?
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2010, 07:56:24 AM »
You may have to drill it and use an easy-out, but that's the path to hell because if the hole you drill is crooked or in the wrong place, you're f#c&ed.  You break the extractor, you're f#c&ed.  If the drill bit breaks, you're f#c&ed.  Really any of these are still repairable but it's a matter of how much effort it is.  At some point it becomes a better investment of time and money to source a replacement head.

Also, the original stud broke for a reason, probably the threads are siezed to the head due to galvanic corrosion (steel stud into aluminum head).  Heat up the head with a propane torch and then hose the area down with penetrating oil.  Repeat this a few times over the course of a day or two before you try to extract the stud.

There's also the possibility of welding a nut to the end of the stud and using that to turn it out, but if it's broken off flush with the head this trick becomes, well, tricky.

OTOH a decent machine shop should be able to get it out for you no problem.  So if you have the $$ go this route.

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Re: broken off exhaust mounting bolt in engine ??? what to do ?
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2010, 08:50:22 AM »
Find a shop with a electro- static discharge machine and have them burn it out.This will cost a bit but it is worth it. George Colgett 8)