I agree on the reverse (left handed) drill. Easy outs really are not the best way to go. They actually expand the bolt or stud and make it tighter in the hole making the stud harder to remove. McMaster Carr will have one and they have a quick turn around.
kk

 

 

Drill appears to be a no go. Gonna try to go the nut welding route this week. right and left hand bits don't seem to be making any progress.

 

Good Luck!

 

I would use pb or if you can get kroil penetrating fluid it's much better. Vise grips and wiggle back an forth to try an free it up

 

Sacrificing a chicken or goat to Odin never hurts either.

 

Ironically today at work I had to extract a left threaded bolt that someone had tightened until it broke because they thought lefty meant loosey in all situations.

Because it was reverse threaded, a normal drill bit was what I needed to use. By the time I saw it, an attempt had been made with a larger drill bit and it was off center. I showed the tech how to start with a very small diameter and re-centered and drilled. Then step to one larger and then on the third bit it caught and spun it right out. Gotta love it when it works like that.

 

 

That's exactly where I was at.

Before I embarked on trying to get my broken shock mount bolt out I did some shopping and found a swing arm online for around $150.
So I figure other than $150 I didn't have anything else to lose so I just went for it.

I didn't try to the welded nut method, but I did try the backwards drill bits which didn't work.
The easy-out worked so I got off cheaply.

Glad you're getting it back together.

Ride Safe...