When putting my valve cover back onto my F22b1 today I seemed to have either stripped the top left bolt itself or the thread it goes into.

I won't be able to tell which one until tomorrow, but what would be the best step for repairment in either case?

Now the bolt slides all the way down into the valve cover, loosely, instead of stopping about an inch short to be tightened the rest of the way.

Thanks for your help,
Alex

 

Did you try to tighten it down very tight? Because they're aluminum heads and they strip easily, I'm guessing the head's threads are stripped.

 

you can re-thread the head if needed. but you'll need a bigger bolt then

 

Yeah I didnt have a torque wrench available and I misjudged Only supposed to be like 7 lbs of torque, I'd say i put about 8 lbs and it just went click! and i'm like OH SHIT! lol

Thanks m8, any idea where I can get the size specs for the bolts used on a 94 Honda Accord f22b1 valve cover?

ALSO: would it be alright if I temporarily used Permatex gasket-maker in and around the hole for the bolt, to try and hold the bolt in so I won't lose too much oil through it on my trip to Home Depot? lol

 

That sucks. I had no idea they would let go so easily.

 

yeah, ****ing alumnium shit.

 

Ouch. Turns out the end of the weak ass bolt broke off into the head. It's good that I don't have to rethread the head, but how am I supposed to get the little broken piece out?

also can someone PLEASE give me the correct valve clearance specs for a 1994 Honda Accord F22b1 VTEC engine. The ones under my hood are differing from what I'm finding everywhere else....

 

I broke one of the bolts that holds down my campshaft journals. It broke right at the top of the threads. this really sucked because that bolt is very critical and it is also a grade 12 bolt, which means it is about as hard as any drill bit. if look at the cap of that bolt if it is a grade 8 bolt you can probably use some sort of "easy out" set to get it out. what worked for me was that since the bolt was so hard it broke with a very jagged end so i was able to use some PB blaster and the other half of the bolt to catch it and work it out. and once it cleared the threads i was able to get it out w/ a magnet.
but yeah they make sets of bits for getting out broken bolts and such. (here's one in MSC) just check at sears or any hardware store. how hard it is going to be to get it out depends greatly on how easy it went in. If you could turn with your fingers all the way in, it shouldn't be to bad to get out, cause as long as it didn't bottom out, there is really nothing holding it in.
95% of the time if you over-tourque a bolt, you are just going to stretch and break the bolt.