There are four different ways I've broken bolts in the past. 1. It's not threading in correctly, and I imagine that I'm using the bolt to clean out the threads. I'm forcing it and it breaks off. I should have tapped the threads first. This also happens when you cross thread, or use the wrong threaded bolt for the hole. 2. It threads in correctly and but I get to the end of the threads and it's almost there, but not quite tightened down on the assembly. I force it and break it off. I should have just used a shorter bolt 3. It threads in correctly and bottoms out fine and I just overtighten it. I shouldn't have been so strongarmed 4. It threads in fine and tightens down fine, but it breaks when I try to loosen it. I should have greased the threads
Do you know which of these four you did? Or something else? Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 8:14:42 AM UTC-7, Joe Szokoli wrote: > > I wondering if anyone out there can help. I'm building a Randonee bike up > for a friend and I have a big problem. I've broken a bolt off in a brake > boss, and then in hindsight, stupidly an ez-out as well. As I've been told > by a couple of people, never think that a ez-out will work, NEVER ever go > that route. > > From my understanding fixing this mess is a job that a EDM / tap burnercan > do. But I have had no luck locating anyone locally that can do the work. > Does anyone have someone they could recommend? > > Thanks you for your time, > > -- > Joe Szokoli > New York City > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
