Slight progress on the Vette
06-08-2006, 11:34 PM
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Slight progress on the Vette Got a break today and received my LS1 head bolt thread chaser. ARP makes it and it is M11x2.00. You won't find that size anywhere. I know... I looked!
I was about to have a custom tap made by Tacoma Screw for $130... the ARP item saved the day at only $45.
Anyway, I went to work on it again today. The thread chaser started down the hole and I felt a small "snap"... backed the chaser out and saw that it broke the first thread off the chaser. I was getting really worried at this point. Stuck my magnet in the hole and pulled out a bunch of small metal shards. Re-lubed the chaser and ran it in again. This time I felt a bigger snap... just a little deeper in this time. The magnet fished out what looks to be 1/2 a bolt thread or half a thread out of the block. When I ran the chaser down again it went clear to the bottom and went in like it should.
I was sweating bullets thinking my bargain LQ4 wasn't a bargain at all. Looks like I came out okay after all. Now I'm just waiting on my new ARP head bolt to replace my damaged one. Maybe next week?
I was about to have a custom tap made by Tacoma Screw for $130... the ARP item saved the day at only $45.
Anyway, I went to work on it again today. The thread chaser started down the hole and I felt a small "snap"... backed the chaser out and saw that it broke the first thread off the chaser. I was getting really worried at this point. Stuck my magnet in the hole and pulled out a bunch of small metal shards. Re-lubed the chaser and ran it in again. This time I felt a bigger snap... just a little deeper in this time. The magnet fished out what looks to be 1/2 a bolt thread or half a thread out of the block. When I ran the chaser down again it went clear to the bottom and went in like it should.
I was sweating bullets thinking my bargain LQ4 wasn't a bargain at all. Looks like I came out okay after all. Now I'm just waiting on my new ARP head bolt to replace my damaged one. Maybe next week?
