advice needed for drilling out

[tintin40]

I need to drill out one water bottle bolt. I tried to remove it by using a hack and sawing cross it and using a flat head screw driver But the metal is to soft. So next drill it out. It was a 3mm hez taper head. I will replace it with a standard 4mm hez bolt(in black)
Thanks

 

[haggis]

easy outs

if you want to do it properly without damaging the frame get a set of easy outs/screw extractors. first you drill a small hole in the bolt , carefully, then use the easy outs which have a slight left hand thread to them which as your turning them into the hole you have previously drilled, force the said bolt out. having said that you will need a very small set of easy outs to do this.

http://rswww.com/cgi-bin/bv/rswww/searc ... cheID=ukie

not sure if these have a small enough one in the set

 

[haggis]

hfdhgfd

http://rswww.com/cgi-bin/bv/rswww/searc ... cheID=ukie

these might work

 

[tintin40]

Thanks haggis. The second link look good.

 

[haggis]

 

[longendale]

tintin40

sorry the saw cut method didn't work.. I've had success with this method in the past.

Longy