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toofpik
09-01-2008, 11:37 PM
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...
b.u.ti-ful
09-01-2008, 11:55 PM
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.
toofpik
09-02-2008, 12:06 AM
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
khooper
09-04-2008, 04:28 AM
A broken socket is no surprise in this case. You might need an impact socket just to keep from breaking it.
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angel318ti
09-04-2008, 06:22 AM
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.
aceyx
09-04-2008, 02:04 PM
A broken socket is no surprise in this case. You might need an impact socket just to keep from breaking it.
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Dude, reading comprehension maybe?
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