I'm pretty careful about not cross threading my bolts. Today, I was using some airtools
when I cross threaded one of my tranny bolts holding the tranny to the engine. At the top of the transmission, there are four of those big 12mm tranny bolts. I stripped the one right above the slave cylinder (Civic VX). It's unusable. I am going to run the car without this bolt. I assume there are enough bolts that a missing bolt would be ok. What do you guys think?

Gary

 

all of the bolts are there for a reason, BUT youd be able to get away with it assuming you have everything else.

 

Yeah that's what I think. I rather have that one bolt there, but it's not gonna happen.
When I get a chance I will retap that hole, but I think I destroyed all the treads so it'll never be the same again...
The car has 220k miles. It's old and I'll probably keep it a few more years .. It's my commuter (I don't race it) so I won't stress it much.

Gary

 

for daily beater, it'll be fine.

not like the Z1 makes alot of torque............or anything else....JK

 

Just for kicks, I'm going to try retapping it. I'm sure i'll screw it up some more but I have nothing to lose....

 

NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go to sears and buy the socket to remove strip bolts you damn FOOL! You feel me dawg!

 

Be easy with the air tools. I just replaced a transmission casing due to the rear motor mount holes on the tranny stripping out. The tranny did see four motors, but damn. What a bitch.

 

How old are you son? There is no bolt there anymore and stop being condescending.

 

Ah, I reread your post. I think you've misunderstanding the issue at hand. The bolt head is NOT stripped. If you read the original post carefully, I mentioned the threads have been crossthreaded. The bolt is out. There is nothing to remove. I can run the car as is. I'm just wondering what the side affects are of running the car w/ that one bolt. Probably none.. but am trying to get some opinions.
Gary

 

Just JB weld a stud in there. Thread a 1/2-20 stud in there and just use a nut to hold the trans on

 

try a heli coil kit if there is enough metal.

 

I'd use a helicoil + jb weld and put a stud in there. That way you don't have to ever remove it again

 

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LoL

I woulda never thought of that - good idea for his situation, pro .

 

Just an update.. I've been running the car for over two years without that bolt with no ill effects..

 

Why are you using a air ratchet for tightening down tranny bolts? They make torque wrenches and torque specs for a reason u know.

 

I'm surprised no one suggested zip ties.

 

Why zip ties? I like shoe strings...

 

I used rtv and the tranny holds together without bolts!

 

Wow, can u stop bringing up this topic, we've all came to the conclusion that your an idiot already, stop while u still have some dignity

 

uh who cares if ur threads r stripped.
put jbweld in the hole. thread ur bolt in. let it harden a littlebit.

put locktite on the bolt (blue)

this will cause it to not wobble.wiggle. or vibrate loose. also it will created an adhesive and make the bolt bond to the tranny/engine.

thread the bolt back in. the jb weld formed the new threads/holding while the locktie ensure its stay.

also when its time to come off again anyway it will.

 

this was posted originally in 2007...

 

You need to lighten up. You probably don't wrench enough to make mistakes.

 

rofl its one of these HT Fail/Glitch topics. Where it takes a topic from years ago and puts it in the recent topics on the front page. Well its obvious that its fine as the OP has been driving the car for 2 years without the bolt. Especially on a VX where there is no power there would be no problem missing 1 bolt.
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im glad op didnt have anyproblems...

 

Sorry, but i "Wrench" for 8 hours a day 5 days a week, when i wrench when im home on a project civic, some days i "wrench" from 7 am - 11pm between work and play i believe i have more hours in then you will in many years to come my friend.

But until then keep using wrong tools for wrong jobs, strip some more bolts out. Maybe eventually you will have problems and realize your a border-line retard.