Stripped Bolt in head
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Stripped Bolt in head
I stripped the upper power steering pump bolt. No room to get a drill in there to drill it out and re-tap it or use a helicoil. I can't locate a self tapping jobber that big. I don't want to remove the head. There is still some bite. Only when I snug it does it strip. I thought about a little lock-tight. Any ideas thoughts or suggestions? I hope the next car I buy has a better work to drive ratio. (Work on it 8 hours, get to drive it 30 min before it tears up again). Thanks!
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Helicoil or retap is the only way I know..Have you thought about using a right angle drill, you should have enough room to get that in there.You can get these at Lowe's, Walmart, almost anywhere, either air or electric..
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I stripped the upper power steering pump bolt. No room to get a drill in there to drill it out and re-tap it or use a helicoil. I can't locate a self tapping jobber that big. I don't want to remove the head. There is still some bite. Only when I snug it does it strip. I thought about a little lock-tight. Any ideas thoughts or suggestions? I hope the next car I buy has a better work to drive ratio. (Work on it 8 hours, get to drive it 30 min before it tears up again). Thanks!
Not cheap! Last time I bought some was $20 about 35 years ago.
Will need to be heated to remove.
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Or you could use Jb weld to glue a stud in there. Just be sure to get it in straight. When I had my trans am I had the alternator bolt mount in head break away. I didn't want to take the head off and there wasn't enough metal left to fix it[one side of bolt hole was completely gone] . So I JB welded a threaded rod in the head. Trouble was I didn't get it glued in exactly straight. I was able to bend it where I wanted it with a crow bar, without braking the JB weld. I beleive JB weld can also be drilled and tapped if you wanted to fix it by cleaning & filling hole and then drill and tap hole to right size again. This wouldn't be as good as a helicoil but it would be a lot cheaper and easier. JB weld is good stuff I use it all the time now.
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Or you could use Jb weld to glue a stud in there. Just be sure to get it in straight. When I had my trans am I had the alternator bolt mount in head break away. I didn't want to take the head off and there wasn't enough metal left to fix it[one side of bolt hole was completely gone] . So I JB welded a threaded rod in the head. Trouble was I didn't get it glued in exactly straight. I was able to bend it where I wanted it with a crow bar, without braking the JB weld. I beleive JB weld can also be drilled and tapped if you wanted to fix it by cleaning & filling hole and then drill and tap hole to right size again. This wouldn't be as good as a helicoil but it would be a lot cheaper and easier. JB weld is good stuff I use it all the time now.
