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<blockquote data-quote="chevytaHOE5674" data-source="post: 1761580" data-attributes="member: 19817"><p>In my shop I would call the customer the moment I found the broken bolt and discuss its removal and possible bad outcomes and how they want to proceed. On a 25 year old truck that surely has rusted exhaust manifolds that have been heat cycled 100000000 times anything is possible. If things went that sideways I would probably charge for the parts and eat some or all of the labor.</p><p></p><p>Having said that I've removed probably 100 broken exhaust manifold bolts in both Iron and aluminum heads and never cracked a single one. But I have had a couple so stubborn that the head had to be removed and setup in the mill to drill the bolt out.</p><p></p><p>This spring I had a tractor cab door shatter on a customers tractor. Because previously the frame had been bent and broke. Someone welded it up crooked so the glass was under extreme pressure. Since it happened to break while in my shop I ate the cost of a window and the labor to fix the frame and glue in the new glass. Just part of the cost of doing business.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chevytaHOE5674, post: 1761580, member: 19817"] In my shop I would call the customer the moment I found the broken bolt and discuss its removal and possible bad outcomes and how they want to proceed. On a 25 year old truck that surely has rusted exhaust manifolds that have been heat cycled 100000000 times anything is possible. If things went that sideways I would probably charge for the parts and eat some or all of the labor. Having said that I've removed probably 100 broken exhaust manifold bolts in both Iron and aluminum heads and never cracked a single one. But I have had a couple so stubborn that the head had to be removed and setup in the mill to drill the bolt out. This spring I had a tractor cab door shatter on a customers tractor. Because previously the frame had been bent and broke. Someone welded it up crooked so the glass was under extreme pressure. Since it happened to break while in my shop I ate the cost of a window and the labor to fix the frame and glue in the new glass. Just part of the cost of doing business. [/QUOTE]
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