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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 07:16 PM
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yup. i stripped one of the bolt .. while doing the valve adj.. the torque wrench never clicked.......
sooo what could i do ??

take the head off and bring it a machine shop??? is that only choice??
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 07:26 PM
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Valve cover bolt? If the gasket doesn't leak, I wouldn't worry about it.
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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 07:54 PM
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no. one of these bolt . got stuck to the inner nut/bolt
and they spin together. and it's really hard to turn inner/outer bolts..
and the outer bolt won't lock

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Old Aug 3, 2007 | 07:58 PM
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The flathead is a bolt, and the "outer bolt" is a nut. Are you saying that the nut it stuck on the bolt and you can't turn the two separately? Then unscrew the bolt/nut and get a new one.
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 12:35 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 02 accord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The flathead is a bolt, and the "outer bolt" is a nut. Are you saying that the nut it stuck on the bolt and you can't turn the two separately? Then unscrew the bolt/nut and get a new one.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 06:54 AM
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Default Re: stripped a bolt doing valve adjustment. now what???? (mtber)

can i take both "flathead" and the nut right out?
or do i need to hold the flathead part and turn the nut to get it off?
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 06:57 AM
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and what's the part number for those 2??? please?

http://www.sonsacuraparts.com/...Irno=
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 07:34 AM
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anyone? someone?
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 07:48 AM
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#9 and #19
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 08:07 AM
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thank you

so i can just loosen these 2 and they will come out?




Modified by itr1244 at 12:23 PM 8/4/2007
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 08:23 AM
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so once i take out the nut.. can i screw the flathead part and just screw that one off too?
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 09:52 AM
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If the nut is stuck on the flathead, then just use a screwdriver to get the flathead out. The nut will come off with it (it's stuck to it).
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Old Aug 4, 2007 | 12:17 PM
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i managed to get the nut off the flathead screw..
i want to get the screw part off so turned it counter clock wise and when it gets to the point .. it stops turning..
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Old Aug 5, 2007 | 11:19 PM
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you can't back it out thru the rocker, turn clockwise, but then you'll bottom out on the cam.........pull rocker assembly
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