So i was clocking my turbo and when i went to screw the bolts back inplace 2 of the holes stripped, i wasnt over tightening it either, then they came out of the holes with no effort at all, so how do i go about fixing this problem, rethread the holes and get slighly bigger bolts, and what are those bolts called cause i would have no idea where to look for them. Thanks

 

i'm assuming you could tap and use slightly larger bolts..i dont see why you couldnt..just be extra careful tappin the holes out.use a flat bottom tap and not a pointed end tap so you dont go too far.

 

Yea cool thanks, thats what i was thinking.

 

Retapping and using a bigger bolt is probably going to be your only option....

 

OK cool, but since im gona need a bigger bolt, where would i look for one and what are they called.

 

take the bolt to lowes..get a slightly larger bolt, same length...then go match a tap to it-thread size and pitch...theyre in the tool department

 

OR, you could just cut the heads off the bolt and glue them over the bolt hole. j/k

 

Yea i was thinking about glue...not really, yea ill take the bolts to lowes and look for a similar one, the guy who just rebuilt it for me, Blasst (Did a REALLY great job if you need your turbo fixed he is the man) told me to look for a slightly longer one as well as retaping the threads, now im a noob at this kind of thing, but isnt taping the same as rethreading, or is is different or done with a diff tool or something, sorry for the dumbass question, thanks.

 

if you cant find bolts (look for that first b4 you start tapping) i know some of the compressor bolts have small heads and may be hard to find. helicoil might be a better option.

 

Yea i found some longer bolts and fit quite well. Thanks for the ideas.