<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> To add to the good advice given, my favorite remedy is to drill out the remaining stud with a left-hand drill bit. Quite often before you finish drilling the hole, the bit snags on the brass enough to twist it out of the hole. Lacking that,  I'd try drilling all the way through the stud (plate permitting). Then if the easyout breaks, you can tap the broken part out from below with a small punch (or nail). I'm always trepidatious about using an easyout because if you've driven into the hole enough to firmly engage the broken stud, you are also tightening that stud against the hole making it all the more difficult to remove. This is why I prefer the sharpened screwdriver technique the best. Just take an old screwdriver and grind the tip to a fishtail profile and sharpen. Sometimes it works to tap the stud loose with a hammer and awl, especially when the broken area is very uneven. Tom Cole Phil Bondi wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid41052834.6000500@philbondi.com"> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> ..just got a call from a client..sounds like a broken agraffe. Any suggestions for this fix other than what Arthur Reblitz suggests(sounds easy enough)? Thanks, Phil Bondi(Fl) </blockquote> </body> </html>