I was hoping someone could help me out with this one. I tried to change the tranny filter on my 87 F-150 and broke 1 bolt. I told my instructor that I was afraid to break another one so he tried. He broke 2 off. We drilled them out but later that day I tried an easy-out tool and that broke off inside the drilled out hole. Is there another way to remove the broken bolts besides tapping them? Help me out if ya can, but if not thats ok. This is my first Ford truck so I might just be coming here a lot =D


1987 Ford F-150 5.0 EFI (302) 2WD

 

are the bolts sticking out at all?

 

Drilling them out as wide as you can then useing a tapper is only way i know of.

Something is really wrong if they are all breaking.

 

No. The bolts were in there pretty far. We did drill them out but I tried using an easy-out. (BAD IDEA!!!)

 

That sucks! If you can't get them out, you may end up having to drill out the whole thing, have it refilled by welding, then drill & tap the holes again. Otherwise, you'll have to replace the transmission case.

 

Take a small good quality center punch and try to punch the remaining peices of the tap/easy out- out. They are very had and will break apart on impact.

 

sounds fun