08-03-2008, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by foosh
RoadDad suggested getting a Sears screw/bolt extractor kit which I did. It did a great job of removing one bolt.
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Originally Posted by foosh
In the process of removing the second bolt, the same extractor bit broke off inside. Once that happens, you are basically screwed because you can't easily drill through those hard extractor bits.
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  Didn't think that would happen.
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Originally Posted by foosh
As a "Hail-Mary" move, I cut a slot with a Dremel cutting wheel almost all the way through the bolt head per Brthtakr's suggestion, hammered a big screw driver into the slot, and attached vice-grips to the screw driver. Rather miraculously, it did back out the recalcitrant bolt, and I think the cutting and drilling may have finally freed the bolt.
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Originally Posted by foosh
Between driving to gather extractors, new bolts, figuring and fiddling, it was only a 7 hour oil change, of course, only 30 minutes was the actual oil change........LOL. Gotta love the Lotus.
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