How To Remove Broken Drill Bit From Concrete Wall

The drill bit should be smaller than the broken bit.

How to remove broken drill bit from concrete wall.

Some bits have blunt tips and are used in hammer type drills. Failure to allow the concrete material to exit the hole as you drill causes the bit to bind and eventually break. Removing a broken drill bit can seem like a hassle but it doesn t have to be. The newly threaded hole will allow you to screw a bolt or a bolt extractor into it allowing you to apply whatever force is necessary to remove the broken bit.

If the bit is broken off below the surface of the wall extraction is going to be a little bit tricky but not impossible. Whether the bit is stuck in metal wood drywall or any other material if you can see the end of the drill bit try clamping a pair of locking pliers onto it and rotating the bit counterclockwise to pull it out. Depending on how the bit broke off you have a couple of options for extracting it. Drill and tap a new hole in the broken end of the bit.

Grind or file a flat spot on the end of the broken drill bit so you can drill a hole into it. If the bit broke off so that a small length of the bit is sticking out from the wall consider yourself lucky. Removing a drill bit from a concrete hole depends upon whether the bit broke above the surface or below the. Run the drill at a slow to medium speed and pull the drill out periodically to help remove concrete dust from the hole.

Place the tip of the bit directly onto the divot.