bad gasket and broken bolt on exhaust intake for cylinder#1

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  1. donald branscom

    donald branscom New Member

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    I agree that a standard tap handle would be nice.
    Many hardware stores do not carry them anymore.
     
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    Mark my words.....

    The chances of success are slim taking the lazy way. The chances of creating larger problems by breaking off a drill bit thru poor access to the hole or drilling off center etc.... are high. The risks outweigh the gain in trying to take the "easy way"
     
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    This is a one shot deal to get it right so take your time and make sure you go in straight and true the first time and you should be ok.
     
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    IF the camera can take a photo then the access my be sufficient.
     
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    the conclusion

    Thanks to everyone for the advice on this. I replaced all the bolts except for the one that broke off inside of there. For that one I used some metal wire and a zip tie. It's not the optimum solution but it's held great for about 5k miles so far. Here is a picture in case anyone else gets in this pickle. Of course, the moral of the store is do not over tighten these bolts...
    Thanks again to all!
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    akabdog, Feb 22, 2011


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