rocker cover

1. matt_wolves Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Braunton Posts: 330 BLACK SAXO VT?

   #1 6th January 2011, 17:17

   hi my mate got a new rocker cover today for his mk2 saxo (2001)and when he went to do the bolts up one of them snaped inside the engine so one side of the rocker cover moves. i was wondering if there is a way to get the snaped bolt out.
   cheers matt
2. Morris008 L-plater Joined: Dec 2010 Shetland Isles Posts: 76 Black Mk2 VTR

   #2 6th January 2011, 19:38

   Bolt extractor kit like this - http://www.sourcingmap.com/piece-dam...aign=ukfroogle
   
   Thats what i'd use anyway
3. matt_wolves Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Braunton Posts: 330 BLACK SAXO VT?

   #3 7th January 2011, 10:00

   ok cheers mate
   
   anyone else???
4. matt_wolves Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Braunton Posts: 330 BLACK SAXO VT?

   #4 7th January 2011, 23:41

   ttt....
5. danny-vts Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2010 Chesterfield/Nottingham Posts: 7147 dead vts. twisted 106 gti. '03' vtrrrr

   #5 7th January 2011, 23:58

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Morris008 Bolt extractor kit like this - http://www.sourcingmap.com/piece-dam...aign=ukfroogle Thats what i'd use anyway

   thats what iv got in my tool collection.
   
   if u remove the rocker cover , is the bolt poking out of the head or has it snapped flush?
6. tom_lloyd_4 Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2010 alton hampshire Posts: 348 97 mk1 vtr 85 LR 90

   #6 8th January 2011, 01:48

   hi if once you take the rocker cover off there is some thred left you can put tue nuts on and hold the first one with a spaner and tighten the top one till you can get the socket over both then you shud be able to wind the stud out like a bolt and put a new one in
7. matt_wolves Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Braunton Posts: 330 BLACK SAXO VT?

   #7 8th January 2011, 10:49

   no he has snapped it flush
8. tom_lloyd_4 Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2010 alton hampshire Posts: 348 97 mk1 vtr 85 LR 90

   #8 8th January 2011, 11:12

   ah buger will have to use the stud removers linked above
9. matt_wolves Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Braunton Posts: 330 BLACK SAXO VT?

   #9 8th January 2011, 13:28

   oh ok how do they work??
10. SlackerVTS Newbie Joined: Jan 2011 Glenrothes, Fife Posts: 4 MK1 Saxo VTS 1.6 16v

    #10 8th January 2011, 14:45

    Tag weld a piece of metal to the remaining part of the bolt? Usually works for me and costs nothing to do.
    Good luck.
11. tom_lloyd_4 Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2010 alton hampshire Posts: 348 97 mk1 vtr 85 LR 90

    #11 9th January 2011, 06:01

    to use the Bolt extractor you have to file the top of the bolt flat then drill a hole in it and wind the bolt extractor in then it shud start to undo the stud hope this makes sense
    
    tom
12. danny-vts Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2010 Chesterfield/Nottingham Posts: 7147 dead vts. twisted 106 gti. '03' vtrrrr

    #12 9th January 2011, 10:51

    dont file anything, the bolt has been snapped flush, chances are once u start filing u will cause damage to the head.
    but do everything else he says
13. matt_wolves Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Braunton Posts: 330 BLACK SAXO VT?

    #13 9th January 2011, 11:06

    ok cheers lads
14. Bedford126 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH

    #14 9th January 2011, 14:21

    i wouldn't drill or file anything if any bits of metal from drilling or filing get into your oil your engine is as good as fucked. take the car to a garage and get them to weld a m6 nut on the top of the stud then let it cool and remove with a socket and ratchet. no mess no metal filings no fucked engine.
15. tom_lloyd_4 Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2010 alton hampshire Posts: 348 97 mk1 vtr 85 LR 90

    #15 10th January 2011, 06:06

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by bedford126 i wouldn't drill or file anything if any bits of metal from drilling or filing get into your oil your engine is as good as fucked. take the car to a garage and get them to weld a m6 nut on the top of the stud then let it cool and remove with a socket and ratchet. no mess no metal filings no fucked engine.

    he sead that its snaped flush so wot woud you weld the nut to and how would you prepose thay get the car to a garage if the rocker cover wont stay on
16. tom_lloyd_4 Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2010 alton hampshire Posts: 348 97 mk1 vtr 85 LR 90

    #16 14th January 2011, 02:39

    did you have aney luck sorting this
17. Bedford126 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH

    #17 14th January 2011, 14:37

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tom_lloyd_4 he sead that its snaped flush so wot woud you weld the nut to and how would you prepose thay get the car to a garage if the rocker cover wont stay on

    you put the nut over the broken stud and weld through the hole of the nut into the stud its not hard not a week goes by that i don't do this at work.
18. user_43830 Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Uxbridge - London Posts: 358 Citroen C1 Saxo Westcoast 1.4 Fiat Seciento Abar

    #18 14th January 2011, 19:20

    Exact same thing happened to me mate, I snapped off one bolt and then my mate thought that tightening one side would counteract for the absence of the one on the other..... He snapped that one. Went to the scrappy and got a new one for £15. Just use some long nose pliers with some elbow grease (WD40 to loosen the bolt) should come out depending on how hard you cranked the bolt in. Good luck and remember to change the gasket as with it being loose you'll need a new one. Autoparts direct do em for a fiver.