Am I a Dumbass or what

Well I don't think it broke because it was too tight, as I was rotating it I hit my knuckles on the rocker arms and kind of jerked my hand back and and a little sideways and it snapped.
This information makes a BIG difference!! If it didn't snap because it bottomed out or because it got in a bind then it shouldn't be "stuck" tight in the threads, making it easier to rotate. That's why I was suggesting to try and get it to move by tapping on it with a pointed punch and tapping on it "lightly" with a hammer. A tap extractor should break it loose pretty easy if it's not stuck in place. If you hit it too hard with a small hammer pieces will break off leaving you less to work with. But since it's in a "thru" hole it does make it easier to break up into pieces and remove each piece slowly. You can use a small (very small) chisel and a small pointed punch to slowly break it into pieces. The chisel and the punch will end up with some damage because the tap is hard but you can regrind the tools. The trick is to go slowly, take your time and remove pieces of the broken tap with needle nose, tweezers and a scribe. It's kinda like performing a delicate operation on an operating table. As pieces break off remove them or they will interfere with the operation. You might even (I've done this before) use some really skinny needle nose pliers by sticking the tips into the flukes. If it's not stuck it might rotate. If it rotates at all stop and put some lube in there to decrease the "drag" so it continues to rotate.
I've even used long pieces of steel (round stock) and stuck the round rods through the flukes then grab the round rods with vice grips to try and rotate the broken tap. There's like a million ways to do it, you just have to take you time and don't force anything. I had one guy bring me a motorcycle engine (aluminum) and he had broken off a tap in the cylinder head. Then he had taken a carbide drill and broken it off in the tap. THAT WAS HELL because aluminum is so soft and he couldn't afford a new cylinder.



PS _ One more thing that popped into my head after I made this post.....I've never tried it but it might work really great, if you have an engraver you might try putting it against the tap and it might just shatter it. Like I said, this idea just popped into my head a few minutes ago. I would love to try this method...think about it, if you touch a piece of glass with an engraver it will shatter. Especially if you touch the threaded portion of the tap (where it's the weakest). I've never heard of this method before but it doesn't cost much at all because HF has engravers real cheap!!
Treblig