power steering mounting bolt broke
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From: elkton maryland
power steering mounting bolt broke
I was removing the ps cooler in order to do the harmonic balancer and seal replacement and the bolt on the passenger side broke. I drilled thtie center of the bolt and inserted the extractor. Then slowly was tightening up on the extractor and it broke!! Now my question is, can I tweek the mounting flange a little bit and drill and tap a new hole.
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I think the best solution would be to drill the whole thing out and helicoil it, but that may be more trouble than it's worth for a bolt that's under very low stress, and nobody really sees or cares too much about. M6 helicoils can be a pain to work with anyway.
If you can bend the mounting tab enough to line it up with some fresh aluminum on the crossmember, drilling and tapping a new hole would work just fine. I made a custom bracket for a shorter power steering cooler to clear turbo intercooler pipes on my car and had no problem drilling new holes in the crossmember and tapping them to M6x1.0.
Good luck!
If you can bend the mounting tab enough to line it up with some fresh aluminum on the crossmember, drilling and tapping a new hole would work just fine. I made a custom bracket for a shorter power steering cooler to clear turbo intercooler pipes on my car and had no problem drilling new holes in the crossmember and tapping them to M6x1.0.
Good luck!
