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Idler pulley bolt broke off in head!(timing belt)

6.3K views 7 replies 6 participants last post by  LornesBored  
#1 ·
Well If you look at my other thread here in team tech you will see what happened to my car

2 weeks ago I went back to the stock head

so I could sell it:rolleyes:

low and behold this problem arised

No I am gonna hev to take the stock head off and have a buddy of mine drill the bolt out and have it heli coiled so it has new threads in it

it was cross threaded:thumbdown

just my ****ing luck

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If anyone, I mean anyone has been able to drill that sucker out without takeing the head off, please by all means let me know how you did it:thumbup:

John
 
#3 ·
No room at all

even with the engine jacked up all it can be

trust me, we tried
I have to take the head off, sux, but in order to have it running again, I'm gonna have to do it

What the hell is up with the site you posted???

Greyhounds are great and all, but what does that have to do with my bolt being broken off in my head???

:lol:


;)
 
#5 ·
if it werent cross threaded, Id say you could turn it out with LH drill bit and a pick. :(

90* air drill usually fits but maybe not. :dunno:

I busted a shouldered T-belt tensioner bolt off in the block of a Volvo once. Alldata had the wrong torque spec. :rant:
 
#7 ·
just so you know i had the same thing happen to me and all i did was jack it up and got a tap and die set it worked for me. good luck