[HELP] Stripped HP balance plug on APEKS FSR

[gcarter]

From my experience the straight fluted easy outs http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=straight%20flute%20screw%20extractors&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CEQQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.icscuttingtools.com%2Fcatalog%2Fpage_205.pdf&ei=J0CKT5-IOpDKmAXGpI3CCQ&usg=AFQjCNGLuZuGyXHXZXGEQNMSBvLBRBZyxQ&cad=rja are much more effective than the spiral fluted. They are essentially a tapered square profile with sharp edges. You hammer them into the hole rather than screwing them in.

I have generally had better success with them as well. I even occasionally keep ones that have broken - sometimes it makes it easier to hit the sweet spot taper / depth limits.

Finally, if you snap the easyout off in the hole... just walk away.

Truly. It is for your own sanity.

 

[ferris213]

Truly. It is for your own sanity.

Nothing quite compares to the feeling of snapping that last exhaust stud off.. then snapping the easy out two hours later:depressed:

 

[Zung]

It happened to me once: an HP plug that had never been removed in it's entire life. I tried eveything: soaking for weeks, oven/freezer, it wouldn't bulge. Cut a slot, but the screw driver kept on slipping. I finally hammered in the next size up Allen key, and that did it.

The reg survived... Do you think I can reuse the plug?