badazz99ta

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i already searched about this, but the few threads that were out there, arent very long and dont go into much detail. i just pulled off the my driver side head to heli coil the rear driver side rocker arm bolt hole that i stripped. just got everything back on today. and found out that the 1st and 4th header bolt holes are stripped . hahahahaha.....yeah...that **** sucks ***. im pissed. i just put that bitch on. so heres the deal, on the 1st bolt hole it just keeps spinning, so i pulled the bolt out and the last 3-4 threads on the bolt had the last 3-4 threads of the bolt hole on it. like they came out perfectly. so i dont think that one is too bad. and also, all of my header bolts are different sizes (which doesnt seem right to me) so i kept them in order. the 4th bolt just keeps spinning, just like the first one, but no threads came out with that one. so my question is, what, besides pulling my head, can i do to fix this. ive heard of angle drilling, but never done it. is there a self tapping bolt i can use. or could i use a heli coil the same size as the hole and find a smaller header bolt so i can eliminate the drilling. i am looking for anything except taking the head back off, not that it was that hard, but just time consuming and i dont want to do that anytime soon. sorry for the long thread folks. PLEASE HELP!!!!!

badazz99ta

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Anybody??

Jordan S.

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How bad is it stripped? You might try using a thread chaser. They have a set at autozone in the loaner tools I used to do a Torque converter once.

badazz99ta

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thanks man. i was just about to head up to autozone. so i will ask them about that. im not sure what it does, but ill get them to explain it to me.

Mean Green z28

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that sucks ... if you're careful and know what you're doing, you can helicoil them on the car . You need a right angle drill and a shorter (cut off) drill bit.

badazz99ta

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well i found and angle bit that would fit on my drill, but ive never done that and i dont feel comfortable doing it. so im going to talk to one performance shop where im at in arkansas and see what they suggest or if they can do anything. thanks for the help guys

badazz99ta

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well since i had a short bolt in the first hole. i just stuck the longer header bolt in there and i guess it grabbed the threads down deep and it tightened up quite a bit. maybe to like 15ft/lbs. i was scared to push it further than that. so now i just have the middle(4th) bolt hole stripped, which isnt as bad as having the first one stripped in my opinion. well thanks for yalls advice.

Outlaw LS1

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ive got 3 stipped bolts on my pass side. and im just letting eat until i buy new heads. lol

badazz99ta

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yeah man, i finally got new heads and new headers. so all is well here. now im about to drop over $2k to rebuild my tranny and get all new **** that goes with it. well good luck man, i hope it holds up.

vsocks1

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Your new heads have the stripped threads?

badazz99ta

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no. my stock heads had the stripped holes. my new ones are good 2 go.

SSmoken

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i have a header bolt broke off in one of mine. oh well. im poor and lazy.