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How to Drill Out a Broken Bolt?
JoeSpareBedroom wrote: "basskisser" wrote in message s.com... JoeSpareBedroom wrote: wrote in message ps.com... Clams Canino wrote: I wanna know how you broke *three*. I mean - after you broke one... didn't a clue rake at least try to hit you over the head about the rest of them? Actually, I could have broken all four -- instead of merely three. I must have come to my sense when I was bearing down on the 4th bolt. I have a tendency to over-doing anything (such as running my knee to the point that I needed to have a surgery done on my knee). And tightening up the bolts too much is one of my tendency. That was the reason why I bought a torque wrench hoping that using the torque wrench will prevent me from over-torquing the bolts. Unfortunately, I mistook 60-inch-pounds with 60-feet-pounds, and I ended up over-torquing the bolts by 12 times. And the fact that the torque wrench that I use is quite big (designed more for higher torque such as for torquing the propeller); therefore, I didn't get a good feel of the tension. I have ordered a 1/4" torque wrench that is designed for lower torque (such as 60-inch-pounds); hopefully, this will prevent me from making a similar mistake. Jay Chan 1/4" for 60 ft lbs.....hang on a minute. Who makes a 1/4" drive wrench with 60 *FOOT* lbs in its range? INCH-pounds. OK. I mis-readulated it. That's just not exceptablized. |
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