Now What?

[RHClarke]

Well, after a spring of clean living, avoiding the news, and refraining from cuss'n, I finally have some good news to report: The dreaded broken off bolt and Easy-Out are no more! Following Bill M's advice, and using Bob C's expertise with the hot wrench, the bane of my existence is no more. Actually, it was almost anti-climatic.

This weekend, Bob and I moved my axle to his shop and set it up on one of his home made axle stands. This evening, we ground down the bolt and surrounding area, took a good sized nut, and then Bob fired up the welder. With the nut welded in place, we heated up the surrounding area. A few whacks with a good sized ball pean hammer on the side of the casing was rewarded with a nice snapping sound as the bolt and Easy (my a**) out gave up the ghost . A few twists of the nut and the offending bolt was gone. Merci, Monsieur Carriere.

Now on to the next phase - reassembly!

RHC