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Old 11-29-2008   #132 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RallyBob View Post
And to make matters worse, when I finally found all the new parts, I was in the process of cleaning the threads on the new ring gear (there's phosphate in them), and broke a tap off inside the ring gear! Well, hardened ring gear and hardened tap means it won't drill out very easily, so I have to save my pennies and buy a small carbide end mill and then bring it to a friend's shop to mill the broken tap out. Eventually...
Bob, if you have a dremel with assorted collets, or something similar, I can send you a rotary file that went through a tap thet I broke off in Willit?'s exhaust bolt hole. It took about 15 minutes to get the busted tap out. Send me a PM with your address and it will be in the snail mail post haste.
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