vlad1995

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Im doing poly motor mounts, and one of the bolts that holds it to the block on the passanger side is going in crooked. What are my options? The only thing I can think of is to cut the bolt to make it shorter and just tighten it as much as it would go.

JOHNNY59

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The correct option is to re-tap the hole.

Powers00SS

Is the flange at the base of the head hitting the motor mount? That's what mine was doing so I grinded the flange down. Went in like a charm.

vlad1995

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I was thinking about that, but what would make the tap go in straight instead of angled like the bolt. Ive never re-tapped anything haha

vlad1995

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That's what i thought at first, so i took the motor mount out and put the bolt in by itself but it still goes in at an angle

JOHNNY59

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just hold the tap straight and it will center itself as it re-cuts the threads.

jrpimp00

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I would loosen all 4 bolts if they arent already and try that one first and then get them all started before final torque

vlad1995

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I was able to re-tap it, took a little time but it came out good. Thank you

5550racing

Same thing happened to me. Could only get 3 bolts to find good threads on each side. I told myself I would take it easy and fix it soon. That was like 5 or 6 years ago.