Broke M6 Tap off in the hole for the bedrail

[ShadowsPapa]

Left handed drill bit......... don't want to force it in further and tighter (unless trying to pull it through on the back side)
Yes, there is such a thing. Reverse the drill, use a left handed bit, that way if the bit catches or snags the tap, it will pull it back out since you are likely using a taper tap. - easier to bring it out than further in.

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[CoachRich]

So it is definitely cross threaded. I used a cordless drill and I should have been using a manual tap. I also used these Milwaukee comb drill/tap bits. I purchased straight tap bits and a manual tap for the other 11 holes. As for this one - Been drilling it out with cobalt bits going slow. Got outside my knowledge base on this one and got caught. Feel like a ?........... Don't they have a donkey icon?

Thanks for all the input. I'll post when I get it done and the bed rail is mounted.

 

[kevman65]

I didn't pay attention to them before I had bedliner sprayed in. But if they are nutserts they could possibly be drilled out (think like a regular rivet) and a new nutsert installed.

 

[CoachRich]

Drilled through, missed the center of the welded nut to the right. Tapped the new hole 6m and it is installed. Once I figured out how to use the tap (by hand) the rest was a snap.

Thanks again for all the input.

 

[kevman65]

Crap, your rails are installed upside down.......

 

[GEPfan]

Found this on Amazon…if it was a 4 flute tap, they

might work.

I currently have a broken off tap in my bed when trying to mount a Molly

Found this on Amazon…if it was a 4 flute tap, they

might work.

I currently have a broken tap in my bed when trying to clean out the hole from bedliner material. Wish I would have red all this prior!! I tried those extractors and they just broke apart. Tap is in very tight. I probably should’ve applied some heat first. I got liquid wrench soaked in there for a while, but that’s all I did before I tried to back it out. Trying to drill some holes on the sides of it to loosen it up, but going through bits like crazy. Very frustrating when you’re trying to get ready for the Rubicon. A lot of the bits mentioned are better in a drill press and my hole needs to be drilled on the side of the bed. My tap broke off inside at an aggressive slant so there is no flat area for drilling.
It sounds like many of you have had this problem, and there are many tricks to try. I am running out of time so I need to figure out the best solution that will work. I am no master mechanic. Lol.

. Shou

 

[rharr]

Take it to a place that has better tools, you will likely have to burn it out with a plasma torch or tiny actelin torch. Taps are to hard to drill out. You could try a bunch of Carbide /tungsten 1/8 burrs in a dremel but the tap might be to hard.

Just skip that bolt and move on, maybe drill a new hole near it and install a rivnut.

Use quality bits to, like split point cobalt bits, the cheap harbor freight bits with narrow flutes are junk. Their is a reason they are 9 bucks for 30. Go to grainger and order some good machist bits in packs of 10 preferably not foreign

 

[GEPfan]

Take it to a place that has better tools, you will likely have to burn it out with a plasma torch or tiny actelin torch. Taps are to hard to drill out. You could try a bunch of Carbide /tungsten 1/8 burrs in a dremel but the tap might be to hard.

Just skip that bolt and move on, maybe drill a new hole near it and install a rivnut.

Use quality bits to, like split point cobalt bits, the cheap harbor freight bits with narrow flutes are junk. Their is a reason they are 9 bucks for 30. Go to grainger and order some good machist bits in packs of 10 preferably not foreign

Thanks! I like the Rivnut idea.

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