Teach me how to Tap n Die

[rapieper@yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

Is the head still on the car?

If not, then just take it to a decent auto machine shop.  They handle
this stuff all the time.  Get a helicoil insert regardless of whether
they can remove it cleanly.

If so...geez...

It's tough for a shadetree mechanic with a drill and chisel to cleanly
remove a broken off, recessed stud.  You can do a lot of damage.  Trust
the experts on this one, if at all possible.

Ron


--- T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I found a snapped off bolt on the side of the Hydro head and have
> drilled out the steel stud very carefully. I could not get the
> reverse-it-out to engage and I am stuck with an aluminum surface I
> need
> to attach a stud to or be able to thread a bolt into.
> 
> Area in question is the water (outlet right) on the trans side of an
> 1.8
> RD motor.
> 
> I waited until I wasn't pissed off any more to write, else I would
> have
> been whining. As it is I'm still plenty pissed off, this close to
> being
> finished.
> 
> Help o' sage ones.
> 
> TBerk
> 
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