HELP!!!...Anyone else had this problem?...
#1
Foxhunting....
Thread Starter
iTrader: (9)
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
Posts: 272
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
HELP!!!...Anyone else had this problem?...
HEEELP!....I am trying to install my Bonez downpipe and it seems that the top left thread on my exhaust housing, where studs used to be, is stripped and I can't get a bolt in there. It won't even start to thread. Any suggestions?....Has anyone else had this problem?....Same thread was stripped on my previous twins' housing too. I need to drop this motor in ASAP!...PLEEASE HELP!....Thanks...Ben
#3
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: NV
Posts: 496
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I don't know if this is a good idea but why not drill the stripped hold down so that you can slide the bolt through to the DP and just screw it in there and tighten like normal. From how I'm looking at it you would still have the tightness needed to secure the seal and have no exhaust leaks but maybe I'm wrong?
#4
Foxhunting....
Thread Starter
iTrader: (9)
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
Posts: 272
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
There is no room on the back side of the housing, otherwise i would put a bolt through and fasten it with a nut on the backside....I'm using 8.8 bolts from Ace, and maybe the threads are finer.....Do I need to get some factory studs, are they a specific thread??....
Last edited by JUGGAKNOTZZ; 07-12-06 at 03:26 AM. Reason: more explanatory...
#5
Rotary Freak
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Overland Park, KS
Posts: 2,360
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by JUGGAKNOTZZ
There is no room on the back side of the housing, otherwise i would put a bolt through and fasten it with a nut on the backside....Do I need to get some factory studs?....
Trending Topics
#9
Foxhunting....
Thread Starter
iTrader: (9)
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
Posts: 272
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thanks for the insight guys, I think I'm gonna try to re-thread the maifold to factory spec, but I will post later tonight and let you know the outcome......Peeeace
#11
Foxhunting....
Thread Starter
iTrader: (9)
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
Posts: 272
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I tried tapping it and it wouldn't even start. I even tried hitting it with a mallet and tryin to get it to thread, NO LUCK.......I don't know what else to do....HEEELP!
#14
Speed Mach Go Go Go
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: My 350Z Roadster kicks my RX7's butt
Posts: 4,772
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
Find a rotary shop that can "helicoil". If I remember the explenation right. They would drill out the bad thread and inster a new one which would be even stronger. Just take it there with the three studs and have a brand new stud and nut for the replacement.
#16
What's your point ?
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Gainesville, Fla.
Posts: 3,573
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
You should be able to use a stud in the top two holes without any trouble. Is it possible to put one of the factory studs back into that hole or are the threads stripped out so bad the stud won't even work ?
#18
Foxhunting....
Thread Starter
iTrader: (9)
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
Posts: 272
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Shazzzzzamm!...The helicoil worked like a champ! All i did was drill the exhaust housing with a 13/32 bit, tap the new thread, and put in the helicoil with a lil loc-tite. Thanks everyone for the help!!!!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
The1Sun
1st Generation Specific (1979-1985)
7
09-18-15 07:13 PM