Well the good news is that bolt is not under tension now that it's broke off. You might be able to put a stick magnet down in the hole and back the rest of it out. Is the clutch off? If not, you could buy a cheap puller and modify it by cutting the tip down to compensate for the broken bolt to pop it loose. Good luck.

 

I don't have the clutch off yet. I will get to working on it this weekend. I hope the rest of the bolt comes out ok. I am just hoping I didn't get ripped off buying this thing.

Thanks

 

I had the same thing happen and I drilled into the bolt enough to get a punch into the hole I drilled and used the punch to turn the bolt out. The bolt is HARD so I wasn't able to get much of a hole. In my situation the clutch was off. Another thing that may work is get a left hand drill bit and if you cah get it to bite on the bolt it will walk it out. How long has the bolt been in there? You may want to spray it down with some penatrating oil in the event that there is some rust on the bolt.

 

I think I will try that left handed drill bit and give that a shot. I knew this would be a pain but I have some time before the snow flies to get it completed. I have no idea how long its been since it was messed with before. The kid I got it from didn't want to mess with it and the shop was going to charge him 600 to 700 to replaced the clutch and get the bolt out.

 

If the clutch is still on you may find that a puuler will not work due to the tip not being able to go inside the threaded end of the crank because of the broken piece. If this is the case, get your self a large bolt about 3 inches long that has the same thread pitch as the threaded portion of the puller. Then tip the machine on it's side and fill the inside of the clutch shaft with 30 wt oil. Then start the bolt into the threads in the clutch shaft. Cover the clutch with a heavy rag leaving the hex head of the large bolt expossed. Using a good 1/2 drive impact, hammer the bolt home until it creats enough hydraulic pressure to pop the clutch off. If you feel you have it as tight as it can go and it has not come off, just stand back and let it sit for a while under the extream pressure. It will eventually pop off with a pretty good bang. The rag wraped around the clutch will help catch the oil and keep the clutch from being damged as it falls back to earth. It will only pop up about 2 to 3 feet when it pops.

Once the clutch is off, you may find the broken piece has a burr that is binding it to the threads in the crank. You can try a large "easy-out" but be carefull not to break it off. If it does not come out easy, I have found by experiance that it's best to TIG weld a smaller hardened bolt to the broken piece and back it slowly with a wrench.

Good luck!

 

Thanks Morgan,

I plan on working on it this weekend. I just may try the Hydraulic method and see how it goes.

thanks again