Changimg out my stall and stripped out my torque converter bolt. What do I do?!?

 

Retap the hole and buy a new bolt.

 

but if you go with a slightly bigger bolt, would that be enough to throw off the balance and cause a little vibration?

 

You can use a hell-coil repair thread so it uses the same diameter bolts.

Chris

 

Ouch,... never good..

 

I would drill and tap them all identically, and use three
matching bolts.

 

Thanks for yalls input. Correct myself I stripped out the hex head on one of my torque converter bolts trying to remove the stock converter!!! I dont know how imma get it off? A cut off wheel?

 

I think if it were me I'd grind the sombitch down and use it as an excuse to buy a new flex plate too.

 

drill the stripped head out with a bit that's near the same size as the threads

 

Hmm im not sure if I can get a drill inbetween the space. A small cut off wheel maybe?

 

Hammer and chisel. Hit it at the angle that would loosen it.

 

Same thing happened to me the first time I did a converter swap. Ended taking a dremel with a cutoff wheel and notching a V into the bolt....as if you were taking a slice of pizza out of it. Then I took a small chisel and hammer, put it in the V and angled it to make the bolt turn counter clockwise, and gave it a good couple of blows. It loosened up and I removed it by hand after that.

 

Air hammer to break it loose...

 

I suspect this advice is a bit late, but take all your 12-point sockets and put them in the back of the drawer, out of harm's way. Always use 6-point sockets on 6-sided bolts. Only time I use 12-point sockets are on 12-point ARP bolts.
I thinks black00ssFL's advice is good.
Good luck.

 

If you can get a bite with Vise-grips, good and tight, then
whack the tail with a hammer, there's your shade tree impact
wrench.