by plumbbob »
Mon Jun 02, 2014 4:06 pm
Ha,extractors!
I have only ever once had a success with these. What happens is, it's far too easy to snap the extractor off leaving a hardened piece of steel that can't be drilled, stuck in the stud and it eventually takes far longer to sort that out than if you drilled the stud and re-tapped the hole in the first place!
They are not that strong, and unfortunately, there is no warning that it's about to fail. Just "snap" and then %&?@.