How To Re-tap A Thread??
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How To Re-tap A Thread??
can you buy kits for this
my intake was leaking, so i took it off filled the china wall with gasket maker, and put a bolt back in and it wouldnt thread, i took it out and there was piece of metal in the bolt.
so im guess its ****ed, is my best bet to re-tap it?
my intake was leaking, so i took it off filled the china wall with gasket maker, and put a bolt back in and it wouldnt thread, i took it out and there was piece of metal in the bolt.
so im guess its ****ed, is my best bet to re-tap it?
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Use a helicoil kit. Drill out the damaged threads to the size printed on the package, tap it with the included tap, thread in the helicoil with the included tool.
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You may be able to just clean up the threads with a chaser and get the bolt to seat. If the threads in the head are damaged then you will need to helicoil it as mentioned above. EDIT: Make sure you didn't just gum it up with the sealant.
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