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Originally Posted by ultrahd4me
Ken, I would recommend you try a smaller bolt or 1/4" round stock and weld it to the broken bolt. I usually extend the wire from a small mig out further than normal, all you need is one good tack and that bolt will come right out. A 110V mig with .023-.025 wire is perfect for that. Good luck sir
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Originally Posted by SBTork
If it were me, and this is just me talking....I'd mask off the block and surrounding areas with some weld proof material and fill the area with weld and weld a nut onto the broken bits and get it out that way. I had to do this with 3 exhaust manifold bolts that broke off in the cylinder heads, it worked great. It took some planning, prep and patience to get them all but that was the only way for me.
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Very viable options if the remains werent deep in the hole. It may come to that, but first I'm going to try a diamond tip burr to eat the hardened bit remains out.