» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | | 09-01-2008, 11:37 PM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: miami Posts: 11 | stripped thermostat bolts ever since ive got my 96 its been leaking... i bought a radiator, water pump, and thremostat (the whole cooling system was in bad shape)... so when i take out the therm and put the new one in, the top bolts just kept spinnin and spinnin. now i know why it was leaking but i dont know what to do. should i go with bigger bolts, cake it with silicone, get a new engine, shoot the stupid girl who sold me the car??? Plz help me out... | | | 09-01-2008, 11:55 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,895 | I have not had this exact problem, but I have had many stripped threads. Not the end of the world. Sometimes you can use a slightly longer bolt and find good thread deeper in. Sometimes you can "chase" the existing thread with a same size thread cutter (basically cleaning up the messed up thread). But, usually you have to get a thread cutter the next size up, cut the bigger threaded hole and use the next size bigger bolt. Or you can drill it all out and insert a new thread insert, but that is a little more involved. __________________ ... ʎɐqǝ uo pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐן ǝɥʇ sı sıɥʇ | | | 09-02-2008, 12:06 AM | #3 | Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: miami Posts: 11 | thanks... i think that going after the thread with a longer screw is a bad idea considering that its an aluminium block... but im definitly gonna see if i can go with a bigger bolt | | | 09-04-2008, 04:28 AM | #4 | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: CA Posts: 6 | A broken socket is no surprise in this case. You might need an impact socket just to keep from breaking it. _________________ Need Ansa Muffler ? | | | 09-04-2008, 06:22 AM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Richmond Hill, GA Posts: 1,231 | leave it to a professional in this case. It's pretty hard to do cause you may drill the whole in a weird angle and then you will have a bigger problem. Take it to a machine shop where they have all the tools to do the job correctly. | | | 09-04-2008, 02:04 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 | Quote: Originally Posted by khooper A broken socket is no surprise in this case. You might need an impact socket just to keep from breaking it. _________________ Need Ansa Muffler ? | Dude, reading comprehension maybe? Or spam (sig). Got my eye on you, bub. __________________ I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Thread Tools | | Display Modes | Linear Mode | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |
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