"JohnH" wrote in message

While on the subject of Easy Outs, what has your real world success
rate been with these? Mine has approached around 0%. I've found that
when something is so rusted in that it breaks the bolt head, it does
the same to these things (or it just strips and spins).

Easy outs are hit-miss. I've been able to get some smaller bolts out.
Broke one trying. You're right not a solution for all cases.

I bough a set of Bolt Extractors from Sears a few days ago. About to test
them on some car bolts, where the heads were reduced in size, so no socket
fits.

RichK

PS The first trick is to put a hole in the bolt :-). The drill bit
sharpening thread I started a couple of days ago, was after I ruined a
handful of bits trying to drill a hole. Easy Out would not touch that one.
Ended up drilling and all the out.