Blue88Comanche Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 last night something very strange happened... My younger brother actually wanted to work on his MJ. The sway bar bushings needed to be replaced. he removed the first 3 bolts without much trouble, the last one by the time i noticed he was putting to much effort in to the bolt it broke and he rediscovered gravity as the sway bar landed on his face. and that leaves us with this (see picture below). Any recommendations on how to remove it? we currently have everything bolted back up less the one broken bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeping88 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 You could use a easy out if broken part is flat and pin punch hole first. Or in my personal experience if you have a welder, you can weld a nut to the broken bolt and the heating/cooling of the bolt most likely will spin right out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Drill out the center 1/4", then use a torch to heat it from the center, let cool, and weld a nut to or, or use an easy out. The drill is to open space, the heat is to cause it to contract. If you have a tig welder, you can use the electrode, extended a bit, to score the I side. It gives you more control of the heat and allows you to heat further inside the bolt after the hole is drilled. This method works even better, but Long and short of it is you need to drill the hole centered for it to work, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue88Comanche Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Drill out the center 1/4", then use a torch to heat it from the center, let cool, and weld a nut to or, or use an easy out. The drill is to open space, the heat is to cause it to contract. If you have a tig welder, you can use the electrode, extended a bit, to score the I side. It gives you more control of the heat and allows you to heat further inside the bolt after the hole is drilled. This method works even better, but Long and short of it is you need to drill the hole centered for it to work, I will give that a shot, drilling out the center should not be to bad. the heat with a torch i can do, but i am not sure if i can weld a nut to the broken bolt as it is broke off a thread or two in the frame welded nut. I have a 90 amp flux core mig welder I bought for small projects looks like i get to use it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeping88 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 You get some good practice while doing intricate welding like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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