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Valve Cover Bolts Broken Inside-Help!
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03-16-2014, 03:41 PM | #1 |
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Valve Cover Bolts Broken Inside-Help!
I recently did this job valve cover gasket job myself and broke the bigger bolt (far top right on the valve cover gasket). I also broke the two bolts that hold in the electrical harness. I used a torque wrench and torqued to the recommended specs with brand new bolts! No clue why they broke! I also clipped two of the injector connectors (the plugs still sit in pretty firmly, but wondering if I need to buy new plastic female connectors there too? Any help you guys could provide would be great. I think the bigger issue is the valve cover gasket bolt directly into the block. The wiring harness seems pretty held in without the 2 bolts, but I need help hahah!
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03-16-2014, 05:34 PM | #2 |
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EZ-OUT TOOL
Drill small hole in broken bolts and use EZ-OUT to extract the broken bolts.
. . I broke the old w/h bolts and used the EZ-OUT to extract. I think the old ones were heat soaked & why they broke before full torque on my dial torque wrench. . . Click type wrench - easy to exceed torque value on these alum bolts. |
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03-25-2014, 04:59 PM | #4 |
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Seems like that method should (drilling a hole in the bolt to remove) i too was using my torque wrench to install my vc but when tightening the bolts the torque wrench felt as it was going to over tighten even though i double check the torqe settings, so i decided to just do it by feel and tighten quarter of turn after snug or until it feels like it just cant go any further
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03-25-2014, 05:06 PM | #5 |
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Damn...sorry bro. What a headache! Good luck.
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