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20mercman
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    Can you saw it off flush and file/grind it down enough to get it apart and then drill it out? I don’t have any experience with these, but if the pin is not hardened, you should be able to drill it out I would think. As far as getting out broken bolts, I have had great luck using a TIG welder and building up the bolt enough to be able to get a vice grip on it. The heat from welding really aids in getting penetrant into the threads. I have done this on several recent Hurricane blocks. The last one had 13 broken bolts in it between the exhaust baffle and the water jacket cover, and I was able to get all of them out. These were the worst I have had to date.

    Steve