Broke exhaust stud drilled to far now water coming out help
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From: deridder la
Car: 1989 irocz
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Broke exhaust stud drilled to far now water coming out help
I broke a bolt off in my head and I tried to drill it out and extract it and I went little to far and now water is coming out is this a problem and should replace head or is it normal for water to come out of certain head holes like that what way should I fix it bolt is still in head
305 ho tpi with headers
305 ho tpi with headers
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Re: Broke exhaust stud drilled to far now water coming out help
Thread sealer on the new bolt might take care of it.
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Re: Broke exhaust stud drilled to far now water coming out help
did you salvage the threads or did you have to retap it?
maybe get a small hex key plug slather it in JB weld and run it all the way to the bottom of the hole and use a slightly shorter bolt.
maybe get a small hex key plug slather it in JB weld and run it all the way to the bottom of the hole and use a slightly shorter bolt.
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