What started out as an easy fix has gone South fast on me.
Always seems the easy stuff gets side ways.

I was replacing a leaking valve cover gasket.
I snapped off a bolt......

I cut a groove in the small piece that was above the head, but the groove was not deep enough for a screw driver to get a bite.

I tried an "easy-out" drill bit.....can't get it to bite when I reverse it out.

I need some help here.
Any ideas.....

I need to get this taken care of and get rolling ....

Thanks
Matt

What's this on?
Sounds like you might have to drill it out and re tap

easy out drill bit?

Not sure what that is, an easy out is a tapered left hand flute device, not a drill bit.

Some people use a left hand thread drill bit as an easy out like device though it isn't one and doesn't always work.

Try a real easy out. If you have some small square stock you can grind a taper on it and use it as a removal tool in a pinch. Sometimes you can use a torx screwdriver as a removal tool.

Sometimes with stuck bolts I heat it and touch some wax to it to melt around the threads. Then usually the bolt comes out pretty easy with a reverse left handed drill bit.

If you have a welder you can weld the end of an allen wrench or something similar to it & back it out.

i sorta did this on a garden tractor starter bolt that snapped off. JB Weld to another bolt and 2 days of waiting...

I think he was referring to one of those drill bits that you drill it CCW with a reverseing drill & they work occaisionally on softer material but I'd say the odds ain't good here. As said I'd just drill it out (normally) & corral the shavings (greaseing the bit helps)

do a google search ( picture of easy out tool )

I did this with the same problem.
I used an 1/8" drill bit -
drilling to the bottom - apx 1 1/4" max.
then I used an 3/16" -1/4" drill bit same thing.
using the easy out tool after torching to warm it up,
brought it right out.

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Thanks for all the replies
I spoke to a friend
He told me the same thing as pictured " a real bolt puller"

Hopefully I will get it out this week and be rolling in my U code Challenger.

Thanks Matt

Victim

I've had some success welding a nut to a broken bolt and turning it out with a normal wrench. Got to have enough to weld to though. Pretty frustrating - good luck.

Sharp lookin' car, Matt!

Is that B5 blue?

Thanks

Yes B5 with B5 Interior.

A little update here.

Got the extractor in nice and tight.
as I attempted to reverse it out.......

SNAP, broken extractor.

Big breath, close the hood, walk in the house grab a beer.

The adventure continues.............

Man that thing was IN there.
Welder only option now or drill deep.

Beautiful Challenger!

I have done that same thing in the past and that is the worse possible outcome.

My first duty station in the Navy was overhauling various antennas. I learned the hard way about broken bolts, extractors and corrosion.

They make an extractor remover, never tried one though. I usually used a punch to fracture the broken extractor, cause you ain't drilling it out. I understand that some machine shops can burn it out with a fancy machine, never used that either. But it'll cost at least a head gasket as well.

I never tried heating the broken extractor up red hot and hitting it with a freeze spray, but some have had success.

Not sure next course action.

If there is a member in Tampa FL with some experience with this
kind of issue that wants to make some $ and drink some cold beer
let me know.

I think this project may have hit terminal velocity for me....LOL

Whereabouts in Tampa?