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- Tue May 27, 2008 2:44 am #56702 i was looking at my valve cover bolts on my new hatch today and i noticed that on of them is broken off about an inch down... the rest of the bolt appears to be stuck inside the head... so wat would be the easiet fix for this?

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- Tue May 27, 2008 3:05 am #56703 remove the valve cover. if there's any of the bolt sticking up out of the head, grab it with vise grips & twist it out. if it broke off too far down, then use eazy outs:

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- Tue May 27, 2008 3:09 am #56704 ok cool thanks

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- Tue May 27, 2008 4:36 am #56710 same thing happened to me once, I had to use the easy outs. The valve cover bolts don't need to be very tight, I think the manual only calls for 8 or 10 ft lbs which is like holding the wrench with your index finger and thumb.

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- Tue May 27, 2008 12:30 pm #56725 Previous owner of mine really cranked on one of them and stripped the threads in the head so the bolt just barely holds. It makes for an annoying little oil leak. So less is more in this case.

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- Tue May 27, 2008 2:30 pm #56733 Torque wrench FTW

Just wait until you have to fix a broken lug. Or a stripped spark plug.

- Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:02 pm #95223 i have that same problem where would i get new bolts after i get the broken one out

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- Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:34 pm #95240 Honda. Its like $7.60 for it. I know cuz I just did mine 3 days ago lol.

- Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:22 am #95433 how does the easy out thing work i dont want to sound dumb but i also dont want to screw this up

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- Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:59 pm #95464 Is it one of the front two or the back?

- Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:30 pm #95474 front

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- Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:47 pm #95481 If im not mistaken, if you take your valve cover off you can see the bolt that is stud that's broken. at the base of the stud that meets the head you can just use a long socket to unscrew it out.....If this is what you are talking about lol

- Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:58 am #95593 I had the same problem but mine got worse.

The actual metal on the head with threads, broke off of the head. =[

- Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:09 am #95596 thanx now i just gotta get a new bolt an that easy out thing and im set thanx again

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- Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:42 am #95606 If you just take a long socket you can get it out without using the easy outs.