slacks

One one of the holes in my engine black where the starter is mounted.... it's stripped!!
I can only hold in one bolt for this! What should I do?

A friend of mine suggested "tapping?" or something similar.
Please explain any solution to this problem is you can. :/

slacks

bumped?

95vxtealhatch

Does your car start ok? If so then do nothing.

slacks

the car starts if the starter is mounted in, but there is an overwhelming fear that both bolts not locked onto the engine block could eventually cause the starter to break like the last one.

or do I not have to worry about that? (starter durability isn't something familiar to me)

Luserkid

I would tap it, ive seen starter housings break due to 1 bolt.

slacks

I've been told to tap it.
How would this be done though? The only information I can give you is that the Hex bolt is 10mm.

Any information would be of use

Luserkid

Which bolt is it, the short or long? If its long you have to drop the trans to gain access. If its the short you could probably just get the correct tap size (go to a machine shop and bring them a bolt saying you need a tap kit for this type of bolt) and go to work.

slacks

there is a long bolt for the lower mount?????? wtf?!?!?! i thought they were the same size!! (sorry, the car only had one bolt when it was purchased)


would you happen to know the size of it so i could try and find it?

ek4_b16a

ahahaha...so this whole entire time you thought you had a stripped bolt...!?!? sucks man...just ended up being a wrong length bolt? ahahhaa..hilarious...sorry...call up honda and try to get a size on that bolt...if not, just get one from the dealer...or just go to some parts store and see if they can find one for you....or the junk...ahahahah...sorry for laughing..i'd be if i figured that out myself...GL!!

MonkeyBoy668

Yep, if you call a dealership you can order the correct bolt for that particular car. Just give them the year & model, then explain which bolt you need.

If it's a swap (b16 engine + s21 transmission in a crx, etc.), just give them a year & model of a car the trans came with. They need to look it up on the parts list / diagram for the original car. Looking it up for your year/model won't do any good if your car didn't come from the factory with that transmission.

Though for all I know they're all the same size bolts... but always better to be safe than sorry...

instrument

just go to home depot and get a long bolt the same size as the bolt you have.

one of the bolts is like 3 inches long the other is like 4 maybe five?

but they are both the same size.