stripped my wastegate... what to do?
 

well i stripped the threads on my ssautoshit wastegate (right on the wastegate itself)... just my luck >:( ... 5 of the 6 are still intact, but one is still messed up... you guys think i can just run with 5 of them on or do you recommend re-tapping the one that i stripped. if i re-tap though i run into problems of the head of a bolt to be too big and hit the wastegate....hmmmm... what you guys think? :-\

Re: stripped a hex bolt... what to do?
 

so the threaded part in the body of the wastegate is stripped? and not the head of the hex bolt?

Re: stripped a hex bolt... what to do?
 

hmm 5/6 should be ok as long as they are tight

Re: stripped a hex bolt... what to do?
 

yup the body of the wastegate is stripped :-X :-\... 5/6 hhmmm... you sure? :P

Re: stripped a hex bolt... what to do?
 

i concur

Re: stripped my wastegate... what to do?
 

ok cool... i was kind of panicing there for a second. :P ... the other 5 that are on are tight with some threadlock so i guess i'm cool now... thanks guys. O0

Re: stripped my wastegate... what to do?
 

Why dont you just go buy a Heli-coil kit and fix the hole? Its not that hard or a big deal.

Re: stripped my wastegate... what to do?
 

I just took mine apart and it was a bitch to put back together....it has a blue spring in it that is stiff as ----. had to use my leg to compress the fucker...anyone know what spring the blue one is? ( I paid him for a 6psi spring)

Re: stripped my wastegate... what to do?
 

yeah i think that's why i stripped the body of the wastegate making me put the hex bolt in at an angle :-\ ... i might look into a heli-coil kit... how much do they cost and where can i get them? my dad said we got one, but his ass don't even remember where he put it. :P (by thway i got the one with the 11.6 psi spring supposedly, but it's green and people are saying that's 8.7 psi) oh well... guess i'll make a mbc like i did on my last setup

Re: stripped my wastegate... what to do?
 

man you put ur ---- on already? i thought i was gonna help you haha. hit me up on a PM for my number, i wanna check out ur ----.