Rear propshaft upgrade

[Ben Rover]

Tragedy! The bolt I had in the flange broke in it...

Any idea how to get this out? I read on an old Discoweb thread to hack it out

[antichrist]

Originally Posted by Ben Rover

Tragedy! The bolt I had in the flange broke in it...

Any idea how to get this out? I read on an old Discoweb thread to hack it out

Do you mean a bolt you had screwed in to the centering peg at the red line? The sruface indicated by the "62" is coated with loc-tite.
You might try a screw extractor. But if you were using a hardened bolt you might have a hard time drilling it out for the screw extractor.
I've found the best extractors are the type shown below (I think I got mine from Matco Tools)
If you get the bolt out, most people find the centering peg comes out better after applying heat.

[Ben Rover]

Yeah, that's where it broke. Luckily it broke because I apparently had some crappy old bolts mixed in with my good one, I should be able to extract it.

And I think you're right on the heating part, I just read in the manual that the part is supposed to be covered in Loctite before being jammed in there. A little heat might budge it good.

If not, the grinder will

[antichrist]

Always a good idea to look at a bolt head before you use it. I've found grade 5's, and even grade 2's, mixed in with grade 8's at the hardware store. Mostly I get them at a bolt supply house by the box, so it's not as much of an issue.
Some people say they got the peg out without heat, but I didn't even try on mine. I applied heat and it popped right out. It's been so long I can't remember if I used a slide hammer or not, which is what a lot of people use.

[Ben Rover]

Finally got the conversion done, took two days... this is what's left of the old drive flange.