1991 Ford Bronco bolt on water pump is stripped

1991 FORD BRONCO
10,300 MILES • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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STEWARTSUPERFLY2
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hey man, i went to change my water pump the other day, got down to the very lat bolt within 30 minuted, i put my socket on there and started turning, i turned and turned and turned till finally i heard SNAP, it wasnt the bolt breaking but it i had turned so hard i broke my socket and it stripped the bolt out, since then i have bought 3 different sockets thats guarenteed to get a stripped bolt out and all of them have failed so far. i tried heating up around the threads with a little propane torch and that hasnt worked either. man iv worked tryin to get this one bolt out for probbably 4 hours now and nothings worked, any ideas?
Oct 1, 2009 at 11:34 AM
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RASMATAZ
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Hi there stewartsuperfly2 and TY for the donation this is what keeps the site going.

All that easy out stuffs and still won't come out-the next course of action is cut the bolt off and use tap and die
Oct 1, 2009 at 12:01 PM
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STEWARTSUPERFLY2
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should i put reverse threads on it then put a nut on it and try it like that?
Oct 1, 2009 at 3:19 PM
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RASMATAZ
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If it doesn't work -you just have to cut it and drill it out and tap it and select the correct size bolt
Oct 1, 2009 at 3:43 PM