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c/auto-mechanics•gavin_allen48gavin_allen48•17d ago

Had a customer's brake caliper bolt snap off inside the knuckle on a 2018 Silverado last Thursday, and my apprentice wanted to just drill it out.

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patriciaellis
Ah, the apprentice's "drill it out" plan. Classic shortcut to a bigger problem.
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valthomas
valthomas16d ago
My buddy tried that on a stripped bolt last month. Grabbed the drill before even trying a proper extractor. Ended up cracking the whole housing. Cost him four times what a simple extractor kit would have been, plus a whole weekend of swearing at his project car.
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river190
river1904d ago
Actually, extractors come before drilling.
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