No dirt, clean as a whistle after running the tap through to make sure they were ok, then spraying with liberal amounts of carb cleaner, letting that dry up overnight and running a lint free swab through to make sure. It felt almost like something compressed in a little bit so the pressure let off the wrench for about one complete turn, then started getting hard to pull again but I have not reached the 135 set on the wrench so I don't know what that could be. It certainly unnerved me though.

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Did you chase your threads before trying to install the bolt? If the threads are really chewed up you can probably get away with a heli-coil.


Yes. I know about Helicoils, someone else said I can't use them, plus I don't have a drill that would fit up in there and still be precise enough.

Last edited by Dylan; 01/29/10 08:55 PM.
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