My favorite method of broken bolt removal

Here's my favorite method of broken bolt removal.
Clean the area, sometimes you can weld a nut directly to the stud, sometimes the stud is broken off to deep. If that's the case, weld a washer to the stud, then weld a nut to the washer and remove the stud! The washer gets you closer to the broken bolt for a better chance of the weld taking.
This was the 2nd removal attempt btw
Tickety Boo!!!
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[ageek]

Worked like a charm, even with our crappy welder. Thanks!!!

[firstlast---]

Yeah i suck at this lol. Trying to do it at home with a harbor freight welder on an iron block. Everything has broken off. Tried changing voltage and wire speed

[scottp]

The heat from the welder helps loosen the rest of the bolt stuck in there. I've never done it but we have a mechanic that can do it. He has a failure rate of about 2%. He taught himself how to weld by watching YouTube videos.

[dominicokelly]

Got to be careful welding to a zinc coated nut or washer like that… the welding fumes contain zinc oxide which you don’t want to breathe.

[gregcowan]

This is extremely easy when there is nothing in the way of extracting the broken bolt

[peted]

My fav is letting machine shop fix if head deemed worthy of rebuild over buying a better one !

[darrellroireau]

I'm ready to hire you to do this lol

[ratherbefishing]

Doing this on a 5.4 Triton. Did one that was broken below flush and it worked alright but now on the other side it’s tougher. Massive strut tower in the way, no room for my head to get in there and see with a helmet on lol and I’m using a stick. About to grab some insanely expensive UniChrom rods and try that

[glenglene]

you made it look easy. When Ii do it, the weld breaks off from the stud.

[andrashorvath]

It's an awesome method when you have all the tools but in my experience it always happens to people who try to change parts at home to save money but end up with broken bolts and tears of rage. DIY car repair is nightmare fuel sometimes.

[Karle.p]

I'd use that new bolt created on the vehicle! 😅

[zdravkomomci]

I tried this 4 times and the weld always breaks off. It only works if the broken bolt thread is loose

[kalbi]

just a question but how do you make sure the washer dont welds to the head ?

[lukekeller-]

doing this in the engine bay is much harder

[alexmoore]

Everyone just break out your welders lmao

[Brian-iisd]

This is extremely helpful, thank you!

Maybe you know, if I was to install stainless bolts (the upgraded Hemi 5.7 exhaust bolts) would it be more difficult to use this method in the future?

Should I stick with steel bolts so I can wells them later?

Thanks so much.

[gticsvl]

отличный способ. лично так вытаскивал обломаную шпильку. 👍🇷🇺🤝

[pingpong]

What welder are you using? Wire type, gas etc...? I would love to try this for extracting bolts in aluminum blocks. Don't want to make the wrong investment!

[JoseRamirez-emzp]

This suck i try to remove a broken bolt on iron head took me a week and i still can't remove it i quitting i just weld another bolt and put a nut😅😅

[jimmyjames]

Nice ive learnt a good vid but how do you do this without welding it to the block .. seemed like bit of a gap in between the washer and the bolt