[davidmillerjr]

Well i was fixing my boost leak on the intake manifold and was tightening the intake and grid heater and the front bolt on the left front side broke off the tab thats threaded in the head only half of its left i cant get the other three to stop it from leaking air i bought some all thread and ran it in there to catch the lip thats left and i dunno how long it will hold and is still leaking any ideas besides a new head maybe weld somethi g up i dunno

 

[Carbur8tr]

So wait, is the bolt still in there or did you break the tap off in there? Either way go to home depot or lowes and get a set of easy outs. Something like this.

 

[davidmillerjr]

Not the bolt man i broke off the tab the bolts that the intake horn bolts to half of it broke off

 

[Carbur8tr]

Sorry, so you broke the tab down inside of the manifold? Can you get a pic? And honestly if I were you, I would tig over where the tab use to be then go back and re-drill and tap.

 

[JonnyLightning]

Taps are pretty strong and hard to drill into. I watched a guy at work yesterday extract broken harmonic balancer bolts out of a crank with these http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?item_ID=630634&group_ID=675450
It works real well with the drill guide to centre the drill in the hole to drill bolts or in your case taps.
Good luck dude it's not fun trying to get taps out.

 

[jmd025]

failure at spelling makes this thread confusing........

 

[LReiff]

It's 2013, not 1913, there's no excuse for poor grammar.

 

[davidmillerjr]

Ys its called auto correct phone cants spell ok were u take tge intake plate off the head the tabs that have threads in them to hold the intake plat down to half of the ear tab whatever broken so only half a thread is left inside the head

 

[Shainer]

Ys its called auto correct phone cants spell ok were u take tge intake plate off the head the tabs that have threads in them to hold the intake plat down to half of the ear tab whatever broken so only half a thread is left inside the head

Well that cleared everything up. Guess you don't review what it inserts before submitting? :confused013:

 

[jmd025]

I understand whats broke and generally it does that from over tightening when trying to seal a bad compromised gasket that should just be replaced.
Ive seen some solutions over the years, and they all involved welding new material there, from what i recall.

 

[Carbur8tr]

I understand whats broke and generally it does that from over tightening when trying to seal a bad compromised gasket that should just be replaced.
Ive seen some solutions over the years, and they all involved welding new material there, from what i recall.

Like I said, you might want to tig it.

 

[Texasbr]

Couldn't you weld a nut over the broken bolt and just turn it out. That's what I have always done in that situation

 

[nlneilson]

They make tap extractors that have fingers that go down the tap flutes.

Taps are hard material so a carbide drill/s is often necessary.

On expensive injection molds and inserts they can be sent out to be removed by EDM (Electric Discharge Machining).

 

[jmd025]

he didnt break a tap or a bolt...i know thats hard to understand from his post, he actually broke the tab cast into the head that is threaded to accept the intake plate bolts.........

 

[durawhat?]

Auto correct has nothing to do with proof reading. Maybe go back and edit your title so everyone will quit telling you how to get a broken tap out.

 

[davidmillerjr]

No it broke the cast piece

 

[ghostman]

TIG weld tab back on, retap when done.

 

[davidmillerjr]

Ya im gonna have to

 

[blackcoal]

just post a pic

 

[davidmillerjr]

Its in the shop