:angry: ok i was give my 95 3.4 v6 camaro a tune up and i broke one of the spark plugs but i broke it to where i still can get a grip on the thing where i put the socket but when i broke the plug i striped the spark plug so now the socket wont get a good grip.....i heard of something called a drill out or a exstraction bit num #5 but i dont really know so if anyone know please help:angry:

When you say striped you maen the hex part of the plug and not the threaded hole of the cylinder head?

Which plug?
and how much room do have to work?

If possible can you find a slightly larger socket? on an extention try to hammer it on. The plug is 5/8 socket which would be almost the same as a 16mm so if you try use a 17mm in the edge of the hex it may catch enough to get it out.

You'll have to be creative, try a 12 point it wont fit as tight as a 6 point. Cheap china sockets are never exact and you may find one that fits plus you may have to cut it down if you need the room and a china socket would be they way to go.

You can try jacking the car up and pulling the wheel off and go in through the wheelwell. With the suspension hanging you may get to.

Hope this helps and Good Luck!

yes i striped the plug only not the cyclencylinder head .....forgot witch plug but i good amount of space to work on it but the hex of the spark plug is stripped bad so i dont know if any sockets will fit.....umm if i take to a shop would they get it out?.....i might just do that .....

Well put the bong away for a while and don't take to drilling out the plug... The last thing you want is to have shavings get into the cylinder. Start by soaking the plug with some penetrating oil... Spray it around the outer edges of what's left of the hex head on the spark plug. Go work on the freeze plug problem and come back in a few hrs and spray some more.

There are some tools that will bite down on just about anything if there is room to use them. A pipe wrench is one of them. Worst case is a hammer and chisel and try to get the chisel placed so it wants to push the nut around when you tap it with the hamer.

Hang in there, just don't do anything to damage the head or other components...

Well put the bong away for a while....

Did I miss something?

Did I miss something?

Just his user name... ;)

The original post's name has the word "Ganja" in it. Probably not a reference to some forgotten star wars character....

no...i smoke

I figured thats what the 420 means...;)

Is it possible to weld something to it?

Rob

Might try the Gator grip socket. It seemed to be designed for just such a situation.

OK Im old school for sure now, whats 420 all about?

Oh crap, look at the number of my post when I ask that question!!!LOL

I'm not trying to push a brand here or anything but sometimes a snap-on socket will work wonders. Something about their "flank drive"

OK Im old school for sure now, whats 420 all about?


420 is the code the police (supposedly, but not confirmed) use when they find another genius smoking pot. Kids in the school I teach in have it plastered on their notebooks and even written on their jeans, like we don't know what it means. They "think" it makes them look cool.

I was guessing the original poster was high based on the grammar and sentence structure, without having even looked at his name.


FWIW, I too broke a plug off in my Explorer a few years ago. I heated it up with a torch, and then beat a smaller sized socket over the end, and it came right out. YMMV.