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03-31-2024, 08:14 AM | #1 |
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Exhaust bolt hole repair
Found out that one exhaust bolt in my block will not tighten. It threads in and will almost snug BUT will not tighten. Any preference as to a Heili-Coil or a “Thread-Cert”? OR any other suggested fix?? I am leaning towards the “threadsert” method.
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03-31-2024, 08:26 AM | #2 |
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Re: Exhaust bolt hole repair
Are you 100% certain you are utilizing the correct size bolts? Remember the forward most threaded holes are larger than the rearward four.
I've never been a big fan of HeliCoils but have found a few instances where they served appropriately.
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03-31-2024, 08:54 AM | #3 |
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Re: Exhaust bolt hole repair
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The other two end bolts and the one on top, all three are 3/8-16 tightened nicely. After getting it back from the machine shop I cleaned ALL the bolt holes with carb cleaner & a thread cleaner (not a tap) and made sure ALL the threaded holes were clean and straight. It will start to pull the lock washer flat BUT not quite!!! |
03-31-2024, 09:47 AM | #4 |
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Just to be doubly sure - the two front bolt holes are 7/16 - 14, not 3/8 16. Easy mistake to make!
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03-31-2024, 10:20 AM | #5 | |
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Why yes they are, I was fooled as one of the 3/8 bolts held tightly for some odd reason, the other did not. Thanks for my oversite. What a maroon and rookie mistake!! Last edited by rockfla; 03-31-2024 at 10:38 AM. |
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03-31-2024, 01:25 PM | #6 |
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03-31-2024, 01:26 PM | #7 |
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Also, I've seen guys HELICOIL them back to 3/8 NC - thinking they were stripped. I always get a kick out of that when I see it.
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04-01-2024, 12:40 AM | #8 |
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That explains the Heli-coils in a block I got with a 4" crank I wanted. (package deal)
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04-01-2024, 09:26 AM | #12 |
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It's one thing when you have all the parts and pieces and I can lay everything out in order and by parts off the motor for sure. Different "sometimes" when you didn't take it apart, what parts you do have were sent by someone else who disassembled the "old" motor in Poland deciding what to send OR send what they had for the replacement block and you don't have ANY of the fasteners........NONE of them!!! I'd also like to say I build flatheads on a regular basis BUT I don't!!!! It's been at least 8-10 years since I have built one OR since I have had to mess with the exhaust manifolds or that area and I damn sure wish I could remember every single nuance of them, BUT I can't, to your dismay Tubman!!! Again, rookie mistake on my part.....Once it happened, I remembered it AFTER THE FACT!!!!
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04-01-2024, 09:32 AM | #13 | |
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It's a mistake that I'm sure more than a few people have made. Those unfamiliar with the front crossover stock exhaust set up, it's not what you normally encounter on any other motor. All part of the learning curve. Last edited by Tim Ayers; 04-01-2024 at 09:42 AM. |
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Go easy on yourself, man. Very easy mistake to make; especially like you say, if it's been a few years you have one apart. Honestly, first thing I do is scrap the stock exhaust, so I'm always dealing with a header or something else than the stock set up. Last edited by Tim Ayers; 04-01-2024 at 09:42 AM. |
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04-01-2024, 10:29 AM | #16 |
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I guess I've just been working on these old boiler too long!
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04-09-2024, 11:43 AM | #17 |
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Saw this on Hagerty. Maybe it will help someone the next time.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/mainte...a96c94ccdf8583 |
04-09-2024, 01:20 PM | #18 |
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I always thought those two front big bolt are for hanging the engine vertically in the factory perhaps gaining several inches = thousand engines minus inch's means more engines on the line....don't make sense big bolt for a tin pipe...............
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