not my day
04-06-2005, 06:54 AM
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not my day well last week i snapped a header bolt off in one of my heads. after trying to drill the busted stud multiple times on the car i took the head off. i started to drill out the stud and the drill bit broke off inside the stud 
. this is one suck hole of a day. and i scatched the **** out of my nice head with the drill bite
.so im gonna give TEA a call and see if they can do anything with it. if not there goes a few grand down the ******* all because of a lowsy header bolt
. this is one suck hole of a day. and i scatched the **** out of my nice head with the drill bite.so im gonna give TEA a call and see if they can do anything with it. if not there goes a few grand down the ******* all because of a lowsy header bolt 
04-06-2005, 08:36 AM
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Did you cross thread the bolt or just over torque? Im just curious, not that its an issue now but are the torque specs? Long tubes are in my future and I dont want to be in the same spot.
04-06-2005, 09:06 AM
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Damn pdd... I've been following your efforts through most of this and I feel for you man..
You got me a little nervous to do my own swap!
I hope it turns around for you soon... what ever came of the other problem with the engine turning and not the wheels? Was it the clutch?
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You got me a little nervous to do my own swap!
I hope it turns around for you soon... what ever came of the other problem with the engine turning and not the wheels? Was it the clutch?
--Bill
04-06-2005, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Droptopws6
Did you cross thread the bolt or just over torque? Im just curious, not that its an issue now but are the torque specs? Long tubes are in my future and I dont want to be in the same spot.
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04-06-2005, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by bletour2001
Damn pdd... I've been following your efforts through most of this and I feel for you man..
You got me a little nervous to do my own swap!
I hope it turns around for you soon... what ever came of the other problem with the engine turning and not the wheels? Was it the clutch?
--Bill
You got me a little nervous to do my own swap!
I hope it turns around for you soon... what ever came of the other problem with the engine turning and not the wheels? Was it the clutch?
--Bill
04-06-2005, 10:03 AM
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ok . the head is off to TEA. i hope you guys can fix my mess or its gonna be a $3000 paper weight
on the plus side i did go for a cruiz on my other pile of ****
http://www.picturejudge.com/memberpi...s/100_0064.JPG
on the plus side i did go for a cruiz on my other pile of ****
http://www.picturejudge.com/memberpi...s/100_0064.JPG
04-06-2005, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by 99Fbody99
If the head is off, find a local "EDM" shop..they will get that stuff right out.
Dave
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What Dave said is the truth. TEA will take care of you, but all you have to do in this case is take the head in to a place that has an EDM machine. Ive broken more than my share of bolts off in heads, adn then broken drill bits and bolt extractors off in them too.
EMD usually costs an hour per bolt, so $75 is the damage (plus removing the head, getting another gasket and TTY headbolts, etc).
But yeah...makes for a really shitty day.
