I don't think that it is broke off I can back it out and can reinstall it. But I think that is really a mute point, I think the threads it seats into are stripped, which essentially means the same thing. Pull top and install a helicore. Anyone have a ballpark cost to have this done?.
your not following me. if the threads are broken more than half way on the bottom of the threads on the long bolt, and the bottom half is down in the lower case ?, then you won't ever get it to tighten. this means, the top end has to come off, and the broken bolt has to be drilled out, and then re-tapped, my point is spot on, I've seen this a time or two !. now, if the threads are stripped out on the long bolt, or down in the lower case ?, then this will require work one way or the other depending on which is bad ?, if bolt ?, replace, and you won't know this until you remove the bolt, both of them to be honest, so you can see how long the good bolt is. if the bolt broke off down in the lower case ?, it will require drilling and tapping, or heli coil, and I have no idea what this cost ?. I just drill the broken bolt out, re-tap down further in the hole, because there is a tad more hole below the threads to make new threads, but not many.
