Broken bolt

[mvalenti]

This bolt is a tough one to pull out I've tried heating it as well as penetrating oil and no movement yet any suggestions from the group

[chuck hahn]

Another picture...red X here.???

[mvalenti]

[Agemax]

more heat and vice grips will whip that sucker right out.

[mvalenti]

Got the bolt just red, back n forth right out...

[nuitdevotremort]

Couldn't have had a better bolt break off! You've got the head and the thread showing. Heat heat heat. Some vise grips and a long wrench (or more vise grips if it's too rounded). Also, I highly recommend these: http://www.sears.com/craftsman-10-pc...p-00952166000P

They've gotten more stripped bolts out than I can count. (Even without heat)

[nuitdevotremort]

One trick I've seen but never used, is heating the surrounding area up and sticking a candle on the threads. The wax melts and sucks into the threads and out comes the bolt! Better than any penetrating oil I've ever seen.

[ozman]

heat the surrounding alumium it will heat quicker than the steel bolt and should expand therefore free up
by heating the bolt you make it expand and harder to get out

ozman

[eil]

If you want to get more bite with the vice-grips, you could try filing the sides of the bolt flat. (Just have to be careful not to go too far.)

[JayWB]

DON'T use vise grips, use a small Stillson wrench. The more pressure you put on it, the tighter it grips.

And since it looks to me like the head of the bolt is on the bottom of the cylinder, the hole isn't likely threaded, so it can't be siezed. Just gently rock it back and forth until you can knock it out through the bottom.

[mvalenti]

Thanks guys, I extracted it just fine.