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Old 07-03-2009, 08:33 PM
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How would i get a broken tap out of the hole of my sprocket hub?
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Old 07-04-2009, 05:35 AM
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Lol you don't. Taps are a bitch (Being a machinist, I've broken off many a tap in stuff)

Maybe a carbide center drill and an easy out... Haha an EDM (Electron discharge machine), if you have access to one. Might get lucky and be able to stick a set of needle nose pliers in the flutes of the tap and twist on the pliers. If the tap is sticking out above, or just below the surface, you could put a nut over top and fill it with weld, and try to back it out that way. Parts that I broke taps off in usually got scrapped. Good luck.
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Grind the shit out with a pencil grinder and a small straight tapered bit. Hope it helps
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Thanks guys. I just got fed up with messing with it and had in mind to just get another hub and axle, then decided to mess with it some more so i just hit it out with a small flat head screw driver and brass hammer lol and after a while it came out, then retapped the holes. Thanks again.
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