[QUOTE="Stewart Hargrave"] Do you mean those tapered left hand thread jobbies that are meant to remove sheared off bolts? Gad! You imply that they have some sort of use![/QUOTE] [QUOTE] The number of times they don't work, or break in situ, divided by the number of times they do what they claim, gives a very high uselessness rating.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE] The number of times they break off embedded in the hole you have drilled makes them a goddamn liability - the problem of removing a sheared Easyout is far greater than the problem of removing a sheared bolt by a factor close to infinity.[/QUOTE] If you need to remove broken bolts often, invest in a set of left twist drills. Drilling the hole down the middle of the bolt with a left drill has a good chance of screwing it out with the drill! Drilling the hole with a conventional right twist drill before using an easyout is basically tightening it into the hole...
