For whatever dumbass reason, I cross threaded one of the screws that secure my tank in the front (by the steering head--its an '01 F4i). To further ensure dumbass status, I snapped the screw while trying to remove it. Of course, it didn't break with much of anything sticking out of the frame--it was virtually flush with the frame.
I hit the raised nub that was there with an angle grinder to try and make it as flat as possible, but I can't make it completely flush with the frame, as the screw broke such that part of it that was below the "plane" of the frame came out too. So now when I try to drill a hole for an extractor, the bit just falls into that little depression (which of course is on the edge of the screw, not right down the center axis), then because the screw is harder than the frame, the bit wants to wander over and take out the frame.
Thoughts on what to do next? What I'm worried about is that if I even GET an extractor in there that it might not be able to remove the rest of the cross-threaded screw.
I hit the raised nub that was there with an angle grinder to try and make it as flat as possible, but I can't make it completely flush with the frame, as the screw broke such that part of it that was below the "plane" of the frame came out too. So now when I try to drill a hole for an extractor, the bit just falls into that little depression (which of course is on the edge of the screw, not right down the center axis), then because the screw is harder than the frame, the bit wants to wander over and take out the frame.
Thoughts on what to do next? What I'm worried about is that if I even GET an extractor in there that it might not be able to remove the rest of the cross-threaded screw.