Broken bolt.
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I'll hit that horse a time or two, ( https://www.hotrodders.com/forum/thr...ap-163154.html ) I have done this a lot of times when I did not have a tap or thread chaser..... Use a dremal tool with thin cutting disc. I built a bunch of small block chevy engines back in the old days.....
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I hear this thread chaser crap on here a lot...I totally disagree...I have been working in maintenance for 35+ years,and never used them...and deal with stripped/ broken bolts almost daily
If your threads are so far gone that running a tap through them will finish them off...ain't no thread chaser gonna fix them...period...
If you want to chase threads...take a bolt and cut three slots in it longways with a cut-off wheel...
90% of the "chasers" out there are cheap Chinese crap...never seen a quality set...
If your threads are so far gone that running a tap through them will finish them off...ain't no thread chaser gonna fix them...period...
If you want to chase threads...take a bolt and cut three slots in it longways with a cut-off wheel...
90% of the "chasers" out there are cheap Chinese crap...never seen a quality set...
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I hear this thread chaser crap on here a lot...I totally disagree...I have been working in maintenance for 35+ years,and never used them...and deal with stripped/ broken bolts almost daily
If your threads are so far gone that running a tap through them will finish them off...ain't no thread chaser gonna fix them...period...
If you want to chase threads...take a bolt and cut three slots in it longways with a cut-off wheel...
90% of the "chasers" out there are cheap Chinese crap...never seen a quality set...
If your threads are so far gone that running a tap through them will finish them off...ain't no thread chaser gonna fix them...period...
If you want to chase threads...take a bolt and cut three slots in it longways with a cut-off wheel...
90% of the "chasers" out there are cheap Chinese crap...never seen a quality set...
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I did it to clean out any debris and thread lock crap prior washing it out with carb cleaner to get ready for new Loc-Tite.
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Now boys, let's not start a "My tools are soooo old argument." j/k
Heyman, glad you got her sorted out. The weather is cooling off, and the best riding time in FL is upon us. Go get it.
Heyman, glad you got her sorted out. The weather is cooling off, and the best riding time in FL is upon us. Go get it.
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