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"Easy-Out" or "Stud Extractor" ??? There seems to be a debate about these tools...read on...?
TO SOLVE THE EASY-OUT & STUD EXCTRACTOR DEBATE.........SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T HAVE A FREAKIN' CLUE......
THESE ARE EASY-OUTS.....
http://www.toolprice.com/c=xLNeMkcth1d6P%E2%80%A6
THESE ARE STUD EXTRACTORS....
http://www.mysimon.com/prices/kd-tools-s%E2%80%A6
TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT TOOLS!!!!
Edit:
Easy-outs....granted, yes, sometimes they are called SCREW extractors.....http://www.toolprice.com/category/screwextractors/
STUD extractor, not "screw"....
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_009990090...
Easy-Out / Screw Extractors are different than stud extractors....
There was a debate in another question regard a broken exhaust stud....several people apparrently didn't know the difference....
just trying to clear the air
Craigmac...........great reply.....love the part about the "do-it-yourselfers".......they make me alot of money......try to save a buck, then spen 5 times that amount for me and others to fix THEIR srew-ups.......that's why I try to stress the fact.....if you don't know what you're doing, pay someone who does
6 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The only STUD EXTRACTORS I know of were my first two wive's lawyers. How it works is they give you an eviction order.
Source(s): Too many wives, too many screw-ups. - pmkLv 61 decade ago
very good explanation and clarification!!!
I used the incorrect term yesterday of "stud" extractor which should have been "screw/bolt" extractor (easy out) ...
as more often times than not, a "stud" will snap off at or below a surface where a "stud" extractor does not have enough to grip ... causing the use of a "screw" extractor as the only alternate path.
but as stated, very good explanation & clarification!!!
and I totally agree on using a reputable and qualified mechanic for most people ... during the era I grew up those were few and far inbetween, not to mention a serious haul to a bike shop living out in a rural town forcing us to have to learn how to get by until we could make it into the big city and when we had enough money to pay someone else to do our work... now that those are alot more readily available, and I can afford it, most any major work goes to a good mechanic as my own time if very limited and valuable to me for other things.
again, good topic & clarification!!!!
Source(s): 40 plus years racing, riding & wrenching bikes - exracer2002Lv 41 decade ago
I also had a broken exhaust stud on my Sportster, the stud broke flush with the head so the stud extractor is of no use.
- ?Lv 41 decade ago
Your links don't work, but let me guess...
An EZ-Out looks kinda like a drill bit, but tapered, with left hand threads.
I use them all the time at work (aerospace). They work great, IF you know what you're doing.
A stud extractor (the ones I'm use to) can ALSO be used to install a stud, as well as remove it.
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- craigmacdLv 41 decade ago
the links did not work but I can offer my opinion on the easy out ...nothing easy about it usually end up using a drill bit against the flute, but the old rule is when it starts to get really easy to turn Stop and look It may be getting ready to break off. then out come the anglican nut strippers(vice grips) heat and quench and repeat, this is why god invented machine shops to repair the do-it-yourselfers mistakes.
Source(s): learning is often best done on someone elses bike, hpefully no one to close... - Firecracker .Lv 71 decade ago
I must have missed the debate.
I clearly recall mentioning that they were two different tools.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvN8H...
By the way, your links come up as errors or "can't find".
Source(s): I may have lost a clue or two, but I still got some.
