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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 07:06 PM
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Water pump bolt broken

Hi well i had my car at mazda for a new motor replacment
and i finally bring my car out for spring, and i was doing my normal
inspection and low and behold one bolt where the bracket if you choose to
remove the motor the bolt was missing so i went quickly got one thinking okay no problem i can just do it my self, well to my eyes them asses at mazda broke my freaking bolt so now its stuck in the housing of my new freaking motor

how does one go about removing that bolt? its a pretty long one
thanks Ian

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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 07:43 PM
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Drain coolant, remove water pump. If you are lucky it will screw out easy without any tension on it. If not, good luck.
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 07:55 PM
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No. 10 Screw Extractor Set - RIDGID Professional Tools

I have used this set a few times with good luck.
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 10:02 PM
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thanks guys will try over the weekend
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Old Mar 29, 2013 | 05:17 PM
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Hi can anyone tell me what kind of bolt i would need to replace
the threading the lenth thanks guys I circled the photo
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Old Mar 29, 2013 | 05:48 PM
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Take one of the other ones you have out and match it up at the hardware store.
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Old Mar 29, 2013 | 06:38 PM
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I think its a 10 x 1.25, the length you'll need to verify
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Old Mar 29, 2013 | 09:54 PM
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Okay so I started to extract my broken bolt, what a job I tell ya,
anyways I managed to extract half of the bolt, I'll try tomorrow to extract
the rest is not I'll just cut the new bolt I bought and bolt her in.

at the same time I think I might change my water pump
it's a 2005 11798 km but since Nov I out in a new motor...
What are your thoughts
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Old Feb 4, 2014 | 11:46 PM
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Hey man I'm havin the same problem but mine is way off in there and I'm tryin to get the bolt out with out removing the front engine cover what did u use to get urs out?
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