The two bolts that hold the under machine weight must have become loose and have sheared off after a vigourous spin cycle. The machine currently dances accross the kitchen without the weight being secured! I have bought replacement bolts but cannot fit them as the sheared off section is still inside the thread. How can get these out?

Mr Durham, June 2009

If you can access the other end of the sheared off bolt you might consider cutting a slot in it and screwdrivering it out.

Another method is to drill the broken end and insert a special little tool called an easy-out which you screw into the drilled hole anticlockwise and continue turning when it bites into the sheared bolt.

http://static.zoovy.com/img/usfreight/W250-H250-Bffffff/easyout5.jpg

Good luck...

Peccavi, June 2009