No solvent for the Loctite. Some people say acetone helps other say it doesn't.
As for doing it the "easy way". Yes the absolute proper way would be to disassemble the engine and get it out but again I'd rather not. My reverse drillbit idea didn't work last night because the reverse bit I wanted to use wasn't long enough to reach the bolt. I used my pilot tool that my friend made and was able to drill a 1/8 hole all the way through the broken off piece that's still in the case. It went in almost perfectly straight...I think it's going slightly upwards.
After that I realized the rest of my bits at home are pretty dull. I'm going to pick up a few more fresh ones tonight on the ride home and see if a larger reverse bit may be long enough to reach the bolt now that I've got my hole started. Hoping to either pull it out with the reverse bit still or to keep stepping up my drill bit size until I can break apart what remains in the hole without gumming up the threads.
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