GTS OWNERS CLUB

yorkie · Sargeant Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 52

left hand side stem! bloody thing snapped.so now left wi half the stem in the hole!!any ideas about gettin it out

smartalec1 · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:56 pm Post subject:

I had adaptor snap off when I was changing mine.
If you have an indent in the snapped off part good if not hopefully you can use a punch. Then I invested in good quality drill bits (don't use pound shop kit or they'll prob snap off as well!)and used a drill with differing speeds, starting slowly with very small drill bit and gently increasing drill bit sizes until I was happy. Then I just reversed drill and gently wiggled about. This was enougth to loosen and it then simply unscrewed.

jetex · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject:

Yes, start with a small drill then go bigger and bigger. If you can't get the broken remains of the stud out, it can be drilled out and heli-coiled easily enough by someone who knows how to use a heli-coil kit.

yorkie · Sargeant Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 52

will give it a try ..thanks Crying or Very sad

Blackpool Paul · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject:

Thought mirrors were for Mods? Rolling Eyes

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harrysgame · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:07 am Post subject:

This happened on my brothers, by me i hasten to add. A mate of our used a tapping kit to get it out, took about two minutes.