ARP head bolts...anyone else have problems with stripping?..
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ARP head bolts...anyone else have problems with stripping?..
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Whats the best way to get stripped ARP bolts off a cylinder head?...This pisses me off...I was especially careful when torquing them down...now only about 1/2 are coming back out..the rest are slipping off the socket big time. My plan was to swap out the bolts with studs while doing some other work ..now I have to rethink the situation.
If this was your situation would you drill out the bolts?..How easy/hard is this on an ARP bolt? My bolt removers don't seem to want to grab the ARP head either...
Whats the best way to get stripped ARP bolts off a cylinder head?...This pisses me off...I was especially careful when torquing them down...now only about 1/2 are coming back out..the rest are slipping off the socket big time. My plan was to swap out the bolts with studs while doing some other work ..now I have to rethink the situation.
If this was your situation would you drill out the bolts?..How easy/hard is this on an ARP bolt? My bolt removers don't seem to want to grab the ARP head either...
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I'd be surprised if the bolt is rounded. I've got ARP head bolts, and I've had a couple sockets slip off of them... however, the bolt split the socket both times... the head of the bolt never took any noticable damage.