Run a 5 bolt downpipe with 4 bolts?
07-05-2003, 04:38 PM
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Run a 5 bolt downpipe with 4 bolts?
The bolt opposite of the wastegate broke off and is stuck in my turbine housing. I tried the craftsman screw extractor and that broke off in their also. Should I drill it all out and retap it or just run it with 4 bolts?
07-05-2003, 04:48 PM
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Re:Run a 5 bolt downpipe with 4 bolts?
If it doesn't leak just run it.
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07-05-2003, 05:13 PM
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Re:Run a 5 bolt downpipe with 4 bolts?
there is 5 bolts for a reason or else there would be 4.
there is a craftsman bolt remover thing pepole have been talking about . looks like a small chisel and is blue.
look for it at sears. if that doesnt work, well if you got a drill press u can try.
there is a craftsman bolt remover thing pepole have been talking about . looks like a small chisel and is blue.
look for it at sears. if that doesnt work, well if you got a drill press u can try.
07-05-2003, 05:20 PM
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Re:Run a 5 bolt downpipe with 4 bolts?
If it doesn't leak why worry about it?
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07-05-2003, 05:44 PM
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Re:Run a 5 bolt downpipe with 4 bolts?
Originally Posted by shortyz
there is a craftsman bolt remover thing pepole have been talking about . looks like a small chisel and is blue.
P.s. They should have said in that other post that the extractor isnt blue, it just looks like it's blue in that picture, it's actually an unfinished metal color, I went to sears looking for something blue but I figured out what happened.
07-06-2003, 06:13 AM
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Re:Run a 5 bolt downpipe with 4 bolts?
Its an exhaust bolt so naturally its not going to come out easy.
DId you heat your bolts when removing them or when you broke it off? I doubt the crafstman remove is going to take that out on its own...heat it up with an oxyacetylene tourch till its red hot and then use that crafstman remover.... if you didnt do that to begin with that is.
DId you heat your bolts when removing them or when you broke it off? I doubt the crafstman remove is going to take that out on its own...heat it up with an oxyacetylene tourch till its red hot and then use that crafstman remover.... if you didnt do that to begin with that is.
07-06-2003, 07:08 PM
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Re:Run a 5 bolt downpipe with 4 bolts?
This might sound stupid but did u drill a pilot hole first before you used the screw extractor?? If you didnt, you need to. Also was it the drill in screw extractor or the hammer in screw extractor? I just extracted a stud broken off on my exhaust mani on my ride the other day. The hammer in extractor worked like a charm.
