wheel bolt snapped

The cars been standing in the garage for about 2 weeks now. I brought it out today to give it a wash n wax. I decided to take wheels off and clean them, after taking one bolt off the second snapped in half leaving the other half in the front wheel hub/disc. Hopw do i solve this? i've tried drilling but with no avail!

also is this because the bolts have seised? after being left for a couple of weeks? i've manged to loosen all the other bolts just in case it happens again.
Edited by: carl moffatt

 

you'l need some kind of bolt extractor kit ..unless you can get vicegrips on it...or get piece of bar welded to the stub

 

no cant get vicegrips on it as its sunk in quite far.

Where can i get the bolt extractor kit, and how do they work?

 

here

and here

try halfrauds as well, and most tool shops!
Edited by: Dave

 

fit a new flange/drum

easy

 

Try this

or this
Edited by: VIW 2227

 

trying to think the name of that! couldn't remember

 

Sometimes they work and sometimes they don`t usually end up drilling to tapping size and removing or retapping but that is only as good as your initial centering of drill.

 

Get a load of heat on it - should loosen it up, then get a nut weldd on and turn it out.

Thats how i'd get one removed if it was me.

 

Danger of heat travelling though?

 

I'm talkin localised heat, oxyacetylene, jus heat the bolt up real hot, doesnt have time to heat the whole thing up.

 

can't remember but is the front wheel disk threaded? or could he take the disk off to expose more?

 

Course the front wheel disc isnt threaded you fool

Yeah take the disc off

 

try sticking chewing gum on the bolt, then simply pull it out

 

i can't fecking remember, sorry don't spend my days buried in etka! cheeky bass. need to fix the 5 door tomorrow, one of front calipers binding

 

LOL, surely you have changed enough front dids in your time to know they aint threaded!!

And surely he would have taken the disc off already

 

maybe he hasn't, hasn't said he has lol only ever changed 2 sets and never really pay much attention, never use them much so ain't that important

 

I would have thought you'd want to heat the hub to make it expand and make the bolt easier to remove. How about taking it out the back? should come out ok with little effort...