yup, they deal with nuts all day!
mike |
Originally Posted by Apex13B' date='Dec 17 2002, 07:16 PM
i call it pap smear boys...a conglomerate of automotive idiots
If you've already been at it with a tap, it's gonna be a bitch to fix. You can try the other suggestions first, but I think you might need to start with a new, slightly larger bolt, and the correct tap for that bolt. Good luck. |
thanks for all your help on such a trivial matter...though a seatbelt is kinda important...but I think I might be able to salvage the current threads, considering I only went at it with the incorrect tap only a little, I didn't really try to force it hard...one can only hope
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i think you can fix it, it doesnt sound that bad, just remember to lubricate the tap/threads
mike |
any special lube?
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i like wd40, but anything will work ok, motor oil, silicon spray, windex anything set and slippery
mike |
You are using as metric tap arent you?
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Don't use a heli-coil, it won't hold in an accident. To lube it try and use something oil based, like WD40. When you get the correct tap make sure that you are following the old threads
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so I go to ace hardware on my lunchbreak, and the guy helping me finds the right tap (I think), it has smaller thread gaps. It turns out that this guy had his bad-ass fd parked outside, the one I pulled up right next to. ok, this is cool because I've only seen one in person. "how much did you pay for that?" he say: "my friend went to jail, and I took over payments for him so his credit wouldn't go bad." lucky bastard
anyways, I don't think I have the muscle to make the right tap go in without messing it up more, I think I'll drive over to my dad's tonight and have him help me |
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