[Healeys] Stripped bolt

[Mike Garvey]

Ira,
I just ran across something called a "back tap" that might be useful when
you get the old bolt out; the one I saw was for cleaning up damaged spark
plug holes.  The idea is that the back tap is adjustable in diameter: you
collapse it, put it in the hole, expand it, and back it out (carefully) to
use the undamaged inside threads as a guide for cleaning up the damaged
ones.   All the crap comes out on the side you want it to come out on .  
You may not need this, but good to know about.
Mike 
 
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of I Erbs
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 12:19 AM
To: Ahealey help
Subject: [Healeys] Stripped bolt
 
Generator plate leaked after I last removed it. Cleaned Right Stuff off,
used copper gasket sealer. When removing old bolts i realized the one above
the leak spot was not fitting right. retightening bolts and replacing weird
one went well. I hand tightened all bolts until firm. One upper bolt would
not tighten and now it won't untighten either. Wanky one was a bottom bolt.
Any suggestions for removing bad bolt? and clean up the threads ? Shit I'd
just like to drive the bugger. 
Mr. Ira Erbs
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20151027/c04ec13a/attachment.html>