It never rains.......

[jimbo]

only pours.......

 

Not ocntent with a blown head gasket and leaky rad, I followed some earlier advice (good advice too) to remove and check out the state of the water pump. When I went to remove it, I was amazed at how loose one of the bolts was 'til I discovered it had sheared off.

 

Leaving this

 

 

:(

 

I've doused it in WD40 and shocked it with a small hammer and centrepunch, ready to have a go with the mole-grips tomorrow. However, if that don't work what would you folks suggest?

 

Cheers,

Jim

[toad650]

heat it up with a blow lamp before you go at it, try n find proper stud extractor over mole grips but if thats all you've got be careful don't wanna snap it anymore, been there done that

[Smudger105e]

Burns had that problem on his fezza, but it was seized in the pump, the broken bolt came out quite easily

[jimbo]

That's what I'm hoping. It should only been done up with 5-7 lbs/ft of torque. I'll look into stud extractors. Never seen one, never used one.

[toad650]

Theres some big industrial ones that'll be a bit over the top and fiddly for that but there are some nice rachet ones that look like a sockets not sure on the price though could be a bit over the top for a one off. Mole grips will do had to do loads that way myself and as you say shouldn't be in that tight anyhe.

[jimbo]

Well it came out OK in the end. 24 hours in WD40 and a twist with my brand new mole grips!

 

Now, where's that receipt for the stud extractor kit?