What do we do now? Help..

**audipotential** · 06-11-2008 09:22 AM

Me and mattman are installing a sports suspension on my car but one of the steering link bolts snapped inside the link. What should we do?

**nihil** · 06-11-2008 11:49 AM

Ouch, that sucks. Any chance to drill it out and re-tap? There are also screw/bolt extractors that might work, you drill a smaller hole in the stub, then thread the extractor into the hole (self-tapping). It's a left-hand thread so it tightens into the hole as you loosen the bolt, and gives you something to get a wrench on.

**drmarcj** · 06-11-2008 12:17 PM

Drilling it is a good idea but careful of drilling it: the bolt metal is soft but drill bits are hard. So if you snap a drill bit (e.g., you're not holding the drill perfectly still) it's a PITA to then drill that out too!