Re: sad, sad day....

["John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>]

I disagree with this theory....   by drilling most of the stud away, you are
increasing the chances of the ez-out pushing out on the walls of the stud,
in effect making it tighter in the hole.  Make sense?

John

'87 16v Scirocco
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>
>I don't recommend getting the recommended size easyout if you decide to
>go this route.
>
>I have done this and broke it off in the head.
>
>I think it would be better to drill twice; the second time would be a
>size just the same size as the broken stud. Then get an easyout in there
>that's just that size, in other words one size bigger than recommended.
>
>In this way you will have removed most all the broken stud, will have
>only the threads to deal with and increase the chance the easyout will
>not snap off.
>
>hth,
>TBerk
>
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