How would you get this broken bolt out?

C.J. Roberts said:
I always heard cats, but I stand corrected.😡
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It's definitely elephants:
Black Ivory Coffee is a brand of coffee produced by the Black Ivory Coffee Company Ltd in northern Thailand from Arabica coffee beans consumed by elephants and collected from their waste. The taste of Black Ivory coffee is influenced by elephants' digestive enzymes, which breaks down the coffee's protein.

As you sip this the bolt will unscrew itself.
 
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DetroitTJ said:
It's definitely elephants:
Black Ivory Coffee is a brand of coffee produced by the Black Ivory Coffee Company Ltd in northern Thailand from Arabica coffee beans consumed by elephants and collected from their waste. The taste of Black Ivory coffee is influenced by elephants' digestive enzymes, which breaks down the coffee's protein.

As you sip this the bolt will unscrew itself.
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That's it, I'm NEVER drinking coffee.


Jerry Bransford said:
That bolt would have been out long ago with sufficient heat applied directly to it.
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So would the coffee!
 
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BobK said:
Having dealt with my own nightmare of a broken bolt on the rear seat mounting bracket into the tub. After trying to finesse it for several days, I listen to my best friend who after looking it from both inside and underneath, uttered the words to live by "cut the f***er off" which I did. A few dead hammer blows on a punch pushed through the remainder of the threads. After cutting it off from the bottom and punching through a few threads on top, I then drilled it out larger, bought a larger Grade 8 bolt, nut and washer.

As an old boss once said "when faced with eating a turd, better do it in one big gulp, than lick it all day long". Cut it off and get on with it.

I had a rusted stuck cross member bolt just this week. After messing with it the next morning, I promptly cut it off and bought a new bolt and new nutsert. Life goes one.
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Ain't that the truth . Post of the day right there .

I remember this thread , and figured you were about to get aggressive .

All you end up with is a better grade 8, serviceable seat attachment , no sin at all .
 
Deuxdiesel said:
I had the same thing happen, just on the driver's side. I ended up knocking the welded nut out and just used a hardened bolt, nut and fender washers to bolt the seat in from underneath. Not elegant, but it works well.

Sorry, just saw you can't access from below. I thought it was one of the rear bolts.
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Actually it was one of the rear bolts. I ended up drilling it out. I will knock that nut loose and stick a bolt through there when I get a chance.
 
I never would have guessed there would be so many ideas when it comes to removing a stuck bolt. I guess that’s what happens when we deal with Jeeps. Anyways, the bolt has been drilled out and a new one will soon take its place. I decided this was the most convenient option as I didn’t want to burn up any paint and I had a good feeling that no amount of lubricant was going to help either. By the way, here’s why I took the seat out in the first place.

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I saw someone do this on YouTube and thought it was an interesting idea. Now I can going camping in the Jeep! It’s tight, but it’ll work.
 
So after breaking all four bolts trying to remove the rear shocks today. The mechanic at the shop I used me hit me with a shot of knowledge I’d never heard.

The ez-out kits are for bolts that break going in. Not for the rust ones that break you’re trying to get out. Well shit if I had only known that all these years. I’m gonna have to steal some of the answers in here.

Meanwhile my Jeep is bouncing done the road much to the humor of my son.
 
NDSpeed said:
So after breaking all four bolts trying to remove the rear shocks today. The mechanic at the shop I used me hit me with a shot of knowledge I’d never heard.

The ez-out kits are for bolts that break going in. Not for the rust ones that break you’re trying to get out. Well shit if I had only known that all these years. I’m gonna have to steal some of the answers in here.

Meanwhile my Jeep is bouncing done the road much to the humor of my son.
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I have mainly used EZ-outs for bolts that break coming out. Pretty adept at not breaking them going in. If you are able to drill out as much of the center of the bolt as you can without damaging the threads, an EZ-Out often will get the remainder. If they are too rusted in there, break them off, drill new holes and replace. An acetylene torch is usually the only way to get the surrounding metal hot enough quick enough for heat to work. Propane is not hot enough and tends to expand the fastener at the same time as the surrounding metal which defeats the purpose. If you twist a wrench commercially, you can't waste too much time worrying a fastener out, especially earning your dime via flat rate. Assess and act.
 
I rent a bay on the military base I work at. The rates aren’t too bad. But it stacks up fast.

They usually have all the tools needed. But have rules against welding. Or spray paint and other types of stipulations
 
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