<VV> EZ outs

[Tony Underwood]

At 05:22 hours 10/05/2006, Spence Shepard wrote:
>Andy,
>
>To remove a bolt that has broken off flush or slightly recessed by 
>the welding-on-a-nut method you should first place a flat washer the 
>same size as the bolt over the stub. Hold it in place and weld to 
>the bolt to build up weld so that you can apply more weld. The 
>object is to not weld the bolt stub to the surrounding metal 
>while  you gain some length on the bolt so you can weld on the nut. 
>It is OK to weld to the washer and that actually gives more surface 
>to weld the nut to.
>
>The method works especially well with steel bolts broken in 
>aluminum. I think that is becasue the heat causes the aluminum to 
>expand faster than the steel and the current flowing through the 
>oxidation between the aluminum and the bolt breaks up the oxidation. 
>Sometime you can just put a spot of weld on the bolt stub (like a 
>valve cover or pan bolt) and you can remove it by hand (after it cools).
>
>Spence Shepard
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Clark" <slowboat at mindspring.com>
>To: "VV" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 3:35 PM
>Subject: Re: <VV> EZ outs
>
>
>>Tony, how do you do that if the bolt is broken off flush or recessed. Can
>>you still weld to it?


Spence said it at least as well as I could have.      :)


tony..