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stripped header bolt (phillips head), need help please!

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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:17 AM
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There are a lot of skills I don't have but I admire a lot. Welding is one of them. Oh, I weld stuff that breaks all the time here on the farm but it looks like crap. Welding is a true art.

Welding a nut on would work but I wouldn't try it.
 
Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:26 AM
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Good luck and let us know what works. Just had to do a mig deal here. Cousin had a mower blade bolt that the head was stripped on. banged on a 14 mm socket and put a bead of weld around it and bingo, breaker bar got it off. But I had a bit more working room to do this. Sure youll make out with one of these methods.
 
Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by 1flhtk4me
Yes you better practice,practice,practice first before attempting the nut method or you will have a molted blob of steel welded to the pipe flange!

Starting an arc with a stick welder can be tricky for a novice.
haha, yeah, that would not be good. i picked up a bunch of nuts from lowes, gonna practice the technique until i get it down. i even have a parts bike i can practice on for a fairly close simulation of the real deal.

yeah, i figured stick welding would be more difficult, so i got a gasless MIG. seemed like less for me to screw up.
 
Old Mar 1, 2011 | 09:42 AM
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Try a heat gun or an ice cube. If one works, YAHOO. If not, you didn't hear it from me.
 
Old Mar 1, 2011 | 09:53 AM
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Heat does funny things. I think that is key to fixing the problem.
 
Old Mar 1, 2011 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by 1flhtk4me
Yes you better practice,practice,practice first before attempting the nut method or you will have a molted blob of steel welded to the pipe flange!

Starting an arc with a stick welder can be tricky for a novice.
The OP is running a MIG so arc strike degree of difficulty reduced a bit.....
 
Old Mar 1, 2011 | 11:31 AM
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Heat does funny things. I think that is key to fixing the problem.
Heat and smack the screw with a drift punch right in the middle B4 turning it out with a hand held impact driver (if room to get in there with one)...
 
Old Mar 1, 2011 | 12:04 PM
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I would drill the head off...remove pipe and remove head and take to a machine shop and have it drilled and time serted.
 
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Originally Posted by KBFXDLI
I would drill the head off...remove pipe and remove head and take to a machine shop and have it drilled and time serted.
While he's there, might as well have the heads ported and polished.

Make some good out of a bad situation! LOL


I've got faith in the man. Once he heat-treats that sucka, it's at his mercy. Red hot.
Heat is your friend (unless your curtains are on fire).
 
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