okay well i was just torquing down the cam bolts that go on the journals and one snapped in the head and im going to try and use an easy out to remove it but if that dosent work i dont know what else to do also to make sure i was right how many ft lbs do you torque the bolts to my chilton manual says 8ft lbs just seemed wrong when doing it. well this sucks ALOT

if you guys know of any ways to remove it i would like to hear what you have to say thanks agian

 

Easy Out, Im Buying One Today For My Timing Belt Cover Bolts......=(poped A Head Too. Get The More Expensive Ones. I Hear The Cheaper Ones Break.

 

For a GSR, the torque spec is 7.2 ft/lbs.

 

but still i am driving an LS 91' and even if it is 7.2 for that engine 8 wouldnt of broken it

oh well i just ordered all new bolts for the journals so that should be fun i just hope i can get that damn bolt out

 

but still i am driving an LS 91' and even if it is 7.2 for that engine 8 wouldnt of broken it

oh well i just ordered all new bolts for the journals so that should be fun i just hope i can get that damn bolt out

 

There are 3 things that could have happened:

1. The bolt was already stressed at that point, and snapped.
2. Your torque wrench isn't accurate.
3. You kept turning the torque wrench after it clicked.

 

well have any of you guys had a bolt snap in the head and if you did, did you use any thing else besides an ez-out set or did you just take it to a machine shop

 

yeah i had one snap off there, after trying everthing I came with the sweetest solution. I just took the top half that snaped off and used it to grab the piece that was left and unscrew it. As long is it broke off with a somewhat jagged edge this will work pretty well. Really, once you break a bolt off there no load on it and it will unscrew very easily once you can get a grip on it.

 

Im not sure an EZ out is the way to go, in order to use one of those you have to drill a hole in the bolt and that bolt is hardend, and surrounded by aluminum.

 

We used an ez out kit on one.