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Old 10-26-2006, 06:43 PM
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one of the head bolts that go into the block, stripped out my block what do i need to do to fix it so i can tourqe it down again. theres no threads left in that one hole on the block
Old 10-28-2006, 03:32 PM
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EEK... thats not good um... you could try tapping a slighly larger hole and find an over size stud for that particular hole and then be sure and follow the tourqe specs cuz aluminum is kinda gay when it comes to over tourqing.. so good luck!!
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take it to a machine shop thy have what are called tread serts that will fix that and you can use the original bolts




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