snapped cam ladder bolts..

[jeffchiz]

bit pissed off i went to strip my jp4 head down yesterday and i ended up snapping 2 cam ladder bolts :O

after i snapped the first one i tried the other side (so if it happened again i wouldn't have two snapped bolts on the same ladder)

anyway it happened again!!

the bolt seems to come out alright and then right at the end it snaps

i never had a problem with the j4 head that i stripped but im scared to do another one in case i snap another one its ridiculous, it doesn't even seem to get any tighter or stiffer before they break

maybe i should crack them off and drop a little oil in the holes as the head has been sat for a fair while

hoping the engineer shop can remove the two ive snapped already

any tricks to get them out safely?

[jeffchiz]

all sorted, i cracked the bolts off and sprayed liberal amounts of wd40 in the hole and they all came out, even better there was enough of the snapped studs protruding from the head so i could get them out

[Keegan]

an easy fix is always nice . usually it goes from bad to worse lol

[jeffchiz]

haha it sure does, things seem to have gone too well :detective:

[axsaxoman]

must have been over tightened at some time