Snapped My Banjo

Many thanks to all who contributed. Using a combination of much of the advice here, I was able to get it out in the end. It took 2 hours of patience and going carefully.

After several heatings and spraying with penetrating fluid, I got there in the end. The little set of Clark extractors seemed to work very well. They did not remove much material from the inside of the bolt and never went all the way through, so the thread should still be in good nick.

Now I just need to find a local supplier who stocks a 1/8" bsp banjo!

Well done - pride and relief!

Top work that man!

Was my length estimation ok or wildly off the mark?

flat said:

Top work that man!

Was my length estimation ok or wildly off the mark?

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It was spot on. I would say the bolt is about 20mm in total. Trouble is, I can't get one locally and I need it today.

Can't you just get a normal bolt and drill a hole down the middle on a pillar drill as a temp fix till you can? Axle won't have an extended breather but it won't have a big hole either

flat said:

Can't you just get a normal bolt and drill a hole down the middle on a pillar drill as a temp fix till you can? Axle won't have an extended breather but it won't have a big hole either

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I could but I'm supposed to be offroad tomorrow and AFAIK, there is going to be water, I just don't know how deep. As a temp measure, I can just tape over it. I'm not bothered about the hole for normal driving for a few days, I'll change the oil when I get the new banjo in, currently it's still very clean but it won't do any harm.

The banjo bolt was completely blocked incidentally, so no doubt a seal would have gone at some point.

if yu fancy popping down, Spook - I got a banjo yu can have

The Mad Hat Man said:

if yu fancy popping down, Spook - I got a banjo yu can have

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That's a very kind offer mhm, but I'll decline

Just trying to build the courage to check the other breathers

Think I'll spray them with penetrating fluid for a couple of days first.

for A temp fix stick tubing into the hole an silicone it in place

Pm sent, and you can get new ones from Cheviot as I believe that they keep them as a stock item.

Oldseadog said:

Pm sent, and you can get new ones from Cheviot as I believe that they keep them as a stock item.

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Cheers OSD. Can you reuse the existing pipe when using the push fit connectors? Assuming there is enough slack in the pipes after cutting off the existing banjo.

I don't want to be in the snapped banjo situation again anytime soon, so I'll replace them as a I check em.