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Re: I can't believe he just broke the bolt
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 2/3/2004 5 Replies

Sniff..sniff....smells like cross-threaded bolt to me.

There was a heck of alot of stress there present to do that....I'll bet he cross threaded it.

If that is the case....be prepared to step-drill the bolt out and clean the threads (or what's left of them... Login to read more.

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