[AT] Ford "N" sleeves

[WF Smith]

> My Easy-out average is .500 over the past 40, no 50 years, but it hovered
> around .000 for the first 20.
>
> It began to improve as my patience did, and I began spending more
> prep time
> before inserting the accursed device.
>
> By prep I mean using everything else which might loosen, lube,
> etc, and then
> to make sure that the hole drilled for the E-O was centered to
> the best of my
> ability and also drilled parallel to the centerline.
>
> Recently, my success rate is close to 100% (but then again,
> another factor is
> that I don't even try one in situations where my experiance tells
> me it's a
> waste of time !)
>
> Bruce Thompson

I don't claim to be an expert, but just looking at the design of an ez out
tells you that it will expand the broken bolt/stud during operation, which
to me seems opposite to what you'd want. I drilled the aforementioned MGB
stud, soaked it with liquid wrench for 24 hrs and heated it near cherry red
with a propane torch prior to using the ez-out. Maybe that's how I got
lucky.

Warren
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