Alright Brain-trust.
I knew it was going to happen, it was inevitable, but it still hurts. I sheared two bolts last night attempting to remove the thermostat. I have an action plan after reading a few threads of people finding themselves in a similar predicament, and hopefully will get the studs out before it comes to disassembling the head.
But it has got me thinking about future wannabe sheared bolts (water pump, I'm looking at you!) - would using an impact gun be a better choice for avoiding them in future (checking and double-checking it is on loosen mode before pulling the trigger ) ? The impact! nature of the force applied, as opposed to the loooong molecule bending force of a wrench.
This may be totally obvious (or obviously wrong), but I thought I should check my logic before making a bad situation worse!
I knew it was going to happen, it was inevitable, but it still hurts. I sheared two bolts last night attempting to remove the thermostat. I have an action plan after reading a few threads of people finding themselves in a similar predicament, and hopefully will get the studs out before it comes to disassembling the head.
But it has got me thinking about future wannabe sheared bolts (water pump, I'm looking at you!) - would using an impact gun be a better choice for avoiding them in future (checking and double-checking it is on loosen mode before pulling the trigger ) ? The impact! nature of the force applied, as opposed to the loooong molecule bending force of a wrench.
This may be totally obvious (or obviously wrong), but I thought I should check my logic before making a bad situation worse!