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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 04:49 PM
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my tensioner bolt is stripped and cant be tapped does anyone have an idea to get tensioner on the timing belt without replacing the block
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 05:39 PM
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Default Re: stripped timing belt tensioner need help

weld a nut on top of the bolt and torque it out normally.

or you could try the damaged bolt remover kits- they work by essentially cutting into the nut and just torquing them out with a ratchet. any time i've ever stripped a bolt i just use these and they work like a charm.
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 05:43 PM
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Default Re: stripped timing belt tensioner need help

its the hole that the bolt gos into that is stripped not the bolt itself
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 06:04 PM
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Default Re: stripped timing belt tensioner need help

well if the threading is stripped and it CANNOT be rethreaded (don't know why you can't do this?) then your only other option is to get a new block.
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 06:05 PM
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Who is telling you it cannot be rethreaded?
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 06:08 PM
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Default Re: stripped timing belt tensioner need help

timesert...

things like this have been covered many times throughout the years, if you don't have the confidence to do it yourself most machine shops will do it for you and some will even come to you but be prepared to spend about 200 bucks for their time
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 06:20 PM
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Beats getting a new block. Well, most of the time.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 07:09 AM
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Default Re: stripped timing belt tensioner need help

we allready used a tap and die on the whole and it striped agen
what is the timesert doing it isnt the problem im putting this motor together with an ase macanic
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 08:16 AM
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 09:45 AM
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I'd be very careful to repair those threads straight, solid and true. Properly repaired threads can be better than the original.

Maybe disconnect all the motor mounts except the side transmission and see if you can tilt the motor far enough (either up or down) to gain good access to the tensioner area so you can do a solid and square thread repair. Once you drill/tap crooked it gets harder to make it right. You should use some type of jig to make sure its repaired square. Maybe try a small block of steel or piece of I-beam with an appropriate sized hole drilled square on a drill press and clamp/secure that to the front of the block somehow to guide your drill straight and true into the stripped tensioner hole.

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If you do a marginal repair and your timing belt fails you may well be buying a new block (and everything else).

Might as well bust that crank bolt loose first if its not already and do a timing belt job?

Always use patience and a proper torque wrench and torque to spec. I've yet to ever strip a thread or break a fastener on my honda.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 11:35 AM
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thanks for the info ill see about going that route
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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 11:16 PM
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you don't re-tap it, you need to get a heli coil put in. I brought my head (exhaust mani bolt broke off inside) to a machine shop, cost me $40 and a pizza
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