Stripped out slave cylinder bolt...What to do?

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11-26-2009, 05:49 PM

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Stripped out slave cylinder bolt...What to do?

Like the title says what can I do about this?

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11-26-2009, 06:56 PM

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helicoil

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11-26-2009, 11:54 PM

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+1^^ Or drill and tap to a bigger bolt size i guess

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11-27-2009, 08:40 AM

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Time to learn how to helicoil. It really isn't that difficult to do, especially after having done more than a few in my car.

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11-29-2009, 02:37 PM

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My brother had a stripped slave bolt. We just went with a longer bolt to catch more threads. We had to cut a little of the longer bolt to make it perfect. Try that first.

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11-29-2009, 03:51 PM

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Timesert the only repair for threads I use .

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