is there any way? i didn't think of checking them when i bought hte heads and two were drilled out without being tapped. I'm thinking i may just put some cold weld in there with the bolt and hope i don't have to take the bracket back off, but that is not so great of option. any suggestions? the hole doesn't go far enough to use a tap...
how to tap head accessory bolts?
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they have holes but no threads. it looks like the guy must have stripped the original ones and instead of using a bolt extractor he cut it down and drilled it out, but didn't put new threads. i've tried to tap it but the tap is too long.
Paul said:No. Heli-coils are inserted into drilled holes. The machine shop should be able to take care of you just fine. Don't forget to put anti-seize on your fasteners to prevent this from happening again.
correction heli-coils are threaded into a hole, so yes u need threads, and i wouldnt use a heli-coil, a kingsert is a much stronger solution, the machine shop would be able to tap threads into, but the new hole may be larger then the original so a kingsert or heli-coil would need to be used to make the thread size smaller or a larger bolt would be required
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It should cost you 20-30 bucks to have done. A pic would help, but I think the machine shop is the best choice :thumb:
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