cottoncandymustang

I broke 2 boltsand one stud taking out the original waterpump off a 92 fox body any tips on how to extracted them. Any good drill bits bits that wont break? any places recomended for parts? i have the timing cover off already i just got to get those broken bolts/studs out before tomarow because the car needs to be drivin on wensday. PLEASE! HELP IS NEEDED QUICK!

1991LX5.0

just drill all the waythrough the broken bolt then hammer an extractor in there and turn it out. If you dont have extractors just head down to sears and pick up a set their not too expensive and i guarantee this wont be the last time youll need them

cottoncandymustang

already did that man the extracters didnt do a darn thing but break on me

945LSTANG

if u have already failed with the extractors then id just head over to a shop and have someone else do it.

1991LX5.0

myabe try some heat then. What i usually do is drill it out soak it with liquid wrench then take a torch to the outside of the bolt. So far i havent had one that i couldnt pull out

Blckstng93

Dont heat the pan gasket too much or youll be replacing that to. Are they broken off flush with the block? Why not just drill holes then tap them, then using a bolt pull the busted pieces out?

cottoncandymustang

one is already drilled out so im not worried about that one but one is stickin out and im going to try the heat with the other one.. thanx for the suggestions ill get back to yall on this one

cottoncandymustang

the heat failed so looks like ill be drillin the other one out or takin it to a shop... probly ill be doing it myself and out of all the fox bodys ive had... the same bolts have always broken off... just not this bad before

Blckstng93

In another thread it was said that those bolts are known for breaking after a while. So far mine have never broke on me and there over 140k mi on the od with 3 pump changes.

Be sure to buy all new bolts/studs for the new pump. Im doing the same, just in case im not so lucky next time.

cottoncandymustang

make sure to antiseize them things up to at least on my other fox mustangs i had anti seize on em and i was able to break em off but who ever slapped this motor together is one stupid SOB he used lock tight on em