Broken Tap!!!!!!!

monte · 04-28-2002, 11:45 AM

Okay, here is a hard one, I was threading my turk mauser reciever for a scope mount, and the tap broke flush with the reciever. How do you get the broken tap out?

buttons · 04-28-2002, 11:44 PM

Go to a good hardware store and get what is called and EZ out. It is essentially a rugged bit that is built especially to bacak out broken taps. Good luck you will prevail.

alan c. · 04-29-2002, 05:40 AM

Buttons, normally you would have to drill the tap first to use the easy out. Man that tool steel is hard to drill. But I wish you luck monte.

monte · 04-29-2002, 07:42 PM

Thanks for all the help guys!

Oxford · 04-29-2002, 10:42 PM

Monte:

I'll be surprised if you can drill into the "tool steel" tap. The steel in the broken tap will be just about as hard as the drill.

Another approach if the "easy out" doesn't work is to use a small center punch. Try "very lightly" striking the tap counterclockwise with a center punch. Keep plenty of lubricant (liquid wrench) on the area.

The smaller the tap diameter, the more difficult it will be to remove.

Oxford:nod:

ltcboy · 05-01-2002, 11:47 PM

Take it to a gunsmith dude, get it done right, dont jerryrig it

monte · 05-02-2002, 08:17 AM

Hey guys I got it out, I was able to get at punch in and I pounded it out. The hole was destroyed, but that was no problem, I'm not going to be selling it anyway. But I did get the mount on and its straight, I did have to drill a new hole threw the mount and threw the reciever, but it all turned out okay. It looks nice!
On this rifle I cut the barrel down on my lathe and re-crowned it at 24.75 inches and I turned down the bolt, . . . . I sportorized it. It looks nice though, I'm going to sight it in, in a couple of days.
Thanks for all the info.
Monte

:smash:

04-28-2002, 11:45 AM	#1
monte Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 7 Trader Rating: (0)	Broken Tap!!!!!!! Okay, here is a hard one, I was threading my turk mauser reciever for a scope mount, and the tap broke flush with the reciever. How do you get the broken tap out?

04-28-2002, 11:44 PM	#2
buttons Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 22 Trader Rating: (0)	broken tap removal Go to a good hardware store and get what is called and EZ out. It is essentially a rugged bit that is built especially to bacak out broken taps. Good luck you will prevail.

04-29-2002, 05:40 AM	#3
alan c. Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pasadena,Tejas - also known as Texas Posts: 3,757 Trader Rating: (0)	Buttons, normally you would have to drill the tap first to use the easy out. Man that tool steel is hard to drill. But I wish you luck monte. __________________ God Bless. From Tejas -- formerly known as Texas.

04-29-2002, 07:42 PM	#4
monte Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 7 Trader Rating: (0)	none Thanks for all the help guys!

04-29-2002, 10:42 PM	#5
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 12,948 Trader Rating: (0)	Another option to remove the broken tap Monte: I'll be surprised if you can drill into the "tool steel" tap. The steel in the broken tap will be just about as hard as the drill. Another approach if the "easy out" doesn't work is to use a small center punch. Try "very lightly" striking the tap counterclockwise with a center punch. Keep plenty of lubricant (liquid wrench) on the area. The smaller the tap diameter, the more difficult it will be to remove. Oxford:nod: __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right". Last edited by Oxford; 04-29-2002 at 10:46 PM.

05-01-2002, 11:47 PM	#6
ltcboy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chicagoland area Posts: 496 Trader Rating: (0)	Take it to a gunsmith dude, get it done right, dont jerryrig it __________________ Up Bin Laden's ***!

05-02-2002, 08:17 AM	#7
monte Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 7 Trader Rating: (0)	Hey guys I got it out, I was able to get at punch in and I pounded it out. The hole was destroyed, but that was no problem, I'm not going to be selling it anyway. But I did get the mount on and its straight, I did have to drill a new hole threw the mount and threw the reciever, but it all turned out okay. It looks nice! On this rifle I cut the barrel down on my lathe and re-crowned it at 24.75 inches and I turned down the bolt, . . . . I sportorized it. It looks nice though, I'm going to sight it in, in a couple of days. Thanks for all the info. Monte :smash: