snapped bolt in stem

[john4130]

so i have a second generation tuf neck stem with a snapped bolt stuck in, my intention was to drill it and use an easy out, simple. drilled the bolt and snapped the easy out used my cordless dremel to grind out the easy out. 2 hours it took, drilled the hole a bit bigger and snapped another easy out. another 2 hours of grinding it out with the cordless dremel. 3rd time lucky i thought then snapped another easy out trying to remove it,  started grinding it out and both batteries for the dremel were dying, i wasn't going to let it beat me so went to b&q and bought a corded dremel. no more easy outs for me, just grind the whole bolt out and put a tap through it. 8 hours later and about a dozen grinding wheels job done. i could have tore my hair out if i had any while doing this. i think next time i'll just buy a new stem

[Bob_Acid]

Oh well, at least that's one that won't end up in the bin so it was worth it   

[MartyC]

Sounds like a labour of love and deffo worth it as Bob said 

You might have had better luck with drilling out the end of the bolt from the underside of the stem as the counter-clockwise movement might have freed up the bolt you might have found it unwound itself 

[matt]

or maybe buy a decent stud extractor next time, well done though 

[john4130]

i did drill it from the underside and then soaked it in wd40, i think the bolt had been in since day 1, i should have bought a decent set of easy outs tho. the one's i had were cheep crap and are now in the bin.

[MartyC]

i did drill it from the underside and then soaked it in wd40, i think the bolt had been in since day 1, i should have bought a decent set of easy outs tho. the one's i had were cheep crap and are now in the bin.

Diesel would have been a better choice for soaking it in