damaged crank threads!?!
Originally Posted by styoung
cutting oil will be best, also what style tap did you order, i hope it was a gun tap or starter tap and not a bottoming tap.
Originally Posted by aNuBiS
Oh, I'll find out right now thanks,. lol
Originally Posted by aNuBiS
Thanks, the place I ordered it from is closed, so I'll have to find out this weekend if theyre open or Monday when its in, lol.
yeah i f'd up my threads when i put my pulley on. i tapped it nice and slow with some grease on the end to try and capture the filings. the guys at the local machine shop just let me borrow a tap. just lube it up and go slow and you should be ok.
I went to ACE (the helpful hardware place) for a tap when I biffed my threads. They had a tap that worked great. I bought a longer bolt while I was there too.
It all worked out in the end
It all worked out in the end
Last edited by VORTECFCAR; Apr 28, 2007 at 02:06 PM.
Just an opinion for guys considering helicoils, Wurth makes a product called a Time-sert. It is a threaded sleeve for fixing threads instead of a coil. Much stronger and longer lasting. It's a more expensive than a helicoil, as it comes with a drill bit, tap, and inserting tool, but it's worth it in the long run.
Well I got my tap in today. It was the bullet ended one, and it worked perfectly. I also used a magnet tip'd pointer up in there to clean up all the shavings.
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