I Know Something
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My youngest son is in his small engines class. So, for a home project. We we're going to check to see the inside of my mowers spindles. Dixon 2654GT. What we thought would be a fun sunday afternoon project. Is now in week 3. The problem. Steel bolts in aluminum housings. They bolt I to them. I used a propane torch to get 6 of the 12 out. The other 6 broke with almost no force at all. I've tried to drill them out with my drill press. I've gone threw 4 drill bits and 3 of my tungsten carbide bits for carving saw cylinders. I'm asking what you would use to get the other 5 out. Im really not keen on spending $65 for each spindle to get them back on. If it's a new bit or set to buy, that's fine. They'll get used. They are about a 1/4 size in metric. I'm going g to make them 5/16 and bolt threw.