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Title: broken peg bolts/ez-out
Post by: atvtrailer on February 27, 2007, 03:14:12 AM
I broke my left peg bolts off this past weekend, so i tried drilling the bolts out and using a ez-out to take the rest of the bolt out and the ez-out broke. Anyone know how to get the rest of the bolt and ez-out out?
Title: Re: broken peg bolts/ez-out
Post by: TRX450R_Racer on February 27, 2007, 01:42:12 PM
Easy outs are junk.

Try punch and hammer, that always works for me. You can also try heat or maybe a left handed drill bit. It spins the oposite way and it will hopefully grab the bolt and back it out. Good luck.
Title: Re: broken peg bolts/ez-out
Post by: MOTOCROSS MAVERICK on February 27, 2007, 01:48:06 PM
the only thing you can do is try to drill it out. i did the same thing but i used a big enough drill to where all i needed was a tap to clean out the threads.
Title: Re: broken peg bolts/ez-out
Post by: Mars on February 28, 2007, 01:27:27 AM
 The ez-out is harden and will be very hard to drill out but is possible. Try to get a good center punch and a new cobalt drill bit.
If the bit won't bite you may have to chip out the ez-out with a chisel. Wear safety glasses!
Title: Re: broken peg bolts/ez-out
Post by: atvtrailer on February 28, 2007, 04:30:39 AM
thanks for the help, the kobalt bits didn't want to even scratch it but found a site on google that suggested to use a dremel with a carbide stone and that slowly got the ez-out out, but now i cant get a drill bit to drill through one of the bolts(was able to drill the other bolt out). honda is giving me a new frame under warranty in a few weeks, so im just going to wait to ride til i get it(my current frame was already cracked on the other side)
Title: Re: broken peg bolts/ez-out
Post by: RedPred05 on February 28, 2007, 04:43:27 AM
I did the very same thing. I ended up getting a tiny drill bit to fit under my broken ezout, i just kept drilling and drilling arround the ezout until I could fit a mini screw driver in there and wiggle the remainder ezout out.  This took me a long time, upwards of an hour but I eventualy worked it out.
Title: Re: broken peg bolts/ez-out
Post by: quad control on March 01, 2007, 03:04:58 AM
Quote from: atvtrailer on February 27, 2007, 03:14:12 AM
I broke my left peg bolts off this past weekend, so i tried drilling the bolts out and using a ez-out to take the rest of the bolt out and the ez-out broke. Anyone know how to get the rest of the bolt and ez-out out?
The best way to get'em out is with a Heli arc welder ( if you have access to one ) just rebuild the broken bolt back up and form a T at the end of it, clamp your vise grip's on, add some heat/ WD-40 twist back and forth till it becomes loose and your in business. You can also use an arc welder but you better be good.