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| Author: | ninnyVR4 [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Helicoil? |
Anyone have any experience with it? After the meet Thursday I decided I should go about fixing any possible exhaust leaks coming from the exhaust manifold. So today I had some free time and went ahead and pulled it back off. Well first thing I noticed was the gasket was shot. Luckily I had a new one lying around. When reinstalling though 2 bolts were crossthreaded/stripped and one would tighten but would free spin if I tried torquing it down. I know i'll have to drill and tap it for new threads for a larger diameter bolt, but was wondering if anyone has had any luck using helicoil and if so, is it as straight forward as it seems? |
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| Author: | Black_gst [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Helicoil? |
its easy as long as you have half a brain, be sure to use motor oil on the tap when using it. when you drill the hole keep it a straight as you can, i have used Helicoil's several times. |
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| Author: | ninnyVR4 [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Helicoil? |
Half a brain, check |
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| Author: | Black_gst [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:14 am ] |
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| Author: | -red97rum- [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Helicoil? |
Helicoils work great, just take your time. |
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| Author: | twisted metal [ Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Helicoil? |
hey mike wanna motivate me to pull my broken exhaust studs out |
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| Author: | ninnyVR4 [ Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Helicoil? |
haha sure. |
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| Author: | clockworktoy [ Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Helicoil? |
Its a pretty straight forward procedure, just remember to lubricate the tap when you get to that part. (broken taps are real fun to remove LOL) |
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| Author: | turboawdfanatic [ Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Helicoil? |
| Author: | clockworktoy [ Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:34 am ] |
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| Author: | ninnyVR4 [ Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Helicoil? |
I can imagine haha |
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