Warning: Took me 8 hours to fix a bolt i stripped in 10 seconds

I was swapping out an anode on a pier job in Galveston last month and cross threaded a 3/8 bolt. Simple fix right? Nope, ended up cutting, drilling, and using an extractor that snapped. Whole job went from 30 minutes to a full shift. Has anyone else had a simple task turn into a nightmare like that?

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sullivan.spencer11d ago

Took me 10 seconds" - bro I feel your pain, stripped a spark plug hole once and cried for an hour.

averymartin11d ago

Did you at least get dinner off the pier after that?

jade_johnson7d ago

Averymartin, dinner off the pier would've been nice but I spent it with a torch and a prayer." Heard a guy once spent two whole days trying to get a broken tap out of a part, ended up just buying a new one.