Poop
Poop damnit changed my cam so i can start doin the turbo setup on my car. putting everythign back together and when i was installing the crank bolt (with a longer bolt) and the damn thing went in fine but when i went to take it out the bolt snapped in the crank. i didnt bottom out the bolt in the crank and in screwed in fine so it wasnt cross threaded. talked to my exhaust guy and he said he might be able to drill it out and tap it. im hoping he can.
what do you guys think i should do if he cant get it out? buy another 5.3 (cause theyre cheap)? pull the motor apart and take the crank to a machine shop or whatever and have them fix it? i dont have much money though.
what do you guys think i should do if he cant get it out? buy another 5.3 (cause theyre cheap)? pull the motor apart and take the crank to a machine shop or whatever and have them fix it? i dont have much money though.
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From: LOS ANGELES
if the head of the bolt snaped off, then what is going to happen to the easy out when you start turning it? probably gonna need an insert like a heli coil, after you drill it, if you snap off the easy out, you are gonna have a very hard time , i say drill it and install a heli coil
hmm well see what happens. im takin the car to him tomorrow after work. i think if he cant get it out im still gonna have him set up the turbo stuff so i can just get a new motor and throw everything in like that all at once.
Is the bolt all the way in? Or are some of the threads exposed? I work at a machine shop, its not that hard to extract a bolt I get stuff like that everyday. PM me if you need any help
yeah gonna buy one. tried this one cause its been used on a bunch of cars already but i think thats probably why it broke.
guess its what i get for tryin to do things in a hurry
guess its what i get for tryin to do things in a hurry
Last edited by RPD_Vette84; Mar 4, 2010 at 02:07 AM.
no i didnt use the stock bolt. i used a longer bolt with the same threads that a couple of my friends have used before. i know not to use the stock bolt thats why i have a brand new one sitting in the car.
ARP bolt ftw
32.00 saves a lot of headache
oh yea btw i want to talk to u one of these days maybe next time u go to bobs
i just picked up a 91 rx7 and i already have a complete 5.3 that i was going to use for another project
it would be awesome if i could get some tips and maybe see ur car
32.00 saves a lot of headache
oh yea btw i want to talk to u one of these days maybe next time u go to bobs
i just picked up a 91 rx7 and i already have a complete 5.3 that i was going to use for another project
it would be awesome if i could get some tips and maybe see ur car
well the car is at the shop as of today. hopefully hes able to get it out or at least make it able so i can heli coil it.
sure any time man. it really isnt a hard swap thats why i did it. just a couple little thins you have to do.
sure any time man. it really isnt a hard swap thats why i did it. just a couple little thins you have to do.
if i do need to heli coil it does anyone know exactly where i can get it and if they have the same bolt thread and size?
****** people at my local autozones do not know crap.
****** people at my local autozones do not know crap.