Machine shop in the Springs area? Broken bolt removal

[ClayJ]

My son's motorcycle broke a stud on the exhaust.

I tried twice to weld a nut on the end of the stud, but each time, the bolt broke further down. So I'm done and want to take it to a machine shop (or somewhere) for professional assistance.

We've removed the head. It's an aluminum head with a steel stud in it.

Any recommendations?

[akaFrankCastle]

I'd take it to Stan over at Rocky Mountain Machine (3521 E St Vrain) and see what he can do with it. Avoid C&G Machine on Prospect. They completely ignored my request to NOT drill and tap my turbo exhaust housing and 4 days later I wound up with a shoddy job I could have done in my garage.

[sbolt19]

Have you tried an easy out? I'd give that a go if you haven't tried it yet. I broke a bolt head off in my exhaust manifold once, it broke down below the manifold, and the easy out got it out with a little work.

[ClayJ]

I took it in over lunch and it was done by 2. He used a special torch that heats in a ring around the bolt, then just grabbed it with vice grips. I'd tried that but was too nervous about warping the aluminum. Only cost me $10. Well worth it.

BTW, he said almost every time someone calls with a broken bolt, they've already tried an easy out. They drilled the hole crooked or out of round, then broke the easy out.

They actually have a jig and a machine set up to drill perfect center and square, but he didn't need to use it.

Thanks for the advice.

[akaFrankCastle]

I assume "he" was Stan over at Rocky Mountain?

[ClayJ]

Not sure of his name. There were 4 guys around, but yes, Rocky Mountain Machine Co.

FYI, they don't do credit cards, so you need cash to pick stuff up. I had to break into my hidden $50 dollar bill.

[Colorado75bronc]

Ya that'd be Stan, you probably saw the 351w that he built for the truck I'm building

[akaFrankCastle]

And my spare 7.3 block was probably laying around there too.

[sbolt19]

$10??? Thats it?? Well, hell, a good set of easy outs is at least 3x that. Money well spent Clay.

[ClayJ]

He said removing a bolt from aluminum can be tricky. He felt the threads scrubbing so he stopped and bathed it with oil to loosen it. Then continued

I'd have kept going and ruined it. The $10 was very very worth it