stripped hole on bellhousing
hello everyone,
This is not Ging. It is her husband/mechanic/lawncare specialist. We are slowly reassembling her 70 GT and ran into a snag this weekend. The hole in the Bellhousing (top passanger side) where the gear box attaches stripped out when I was torqueing it. I've read all the treads about Heli-coils, studs, jb weld, lock-tite... I'll probably just drill it out and install a larger bolt. Now for the question(s). I'm out of town for a while so I can't crawl under the car to look at the details but I'm sure many of you can pull the answers off the top of your heads or probably have matching bellhousing endtables with 1/4 tempered glass tops to refer to in a pinch.
1. is there enough meat around the existing hole (in the bellhousing) to allow me to use a larger bolt without weakening the structure?
2. is there enough meat around the hole in the gear box so if I have to enlarge that hole I don't weaken it?
3. does the hole in the bellhousing penetrate the inside of the housing? I don't want to remove the housing to do this unless there is a good chance I'll get metal shavings inside. That would be bad.
To me, it doesn't matter if I use Metric or SAE. I might even have a metric tap I used on my Honda. Anybody want to make a quick tip on a new hole size and tap size... Hint, hint.
BTW. My wife loves you guys and your willingness to help others. She is really proud to be associated with this whole group. She is impressed on a regular basis. I too could wander around this site for days and not get bored.
Thanks for any input
Dan AKA (Mr. Ging)
hello everyone,
This is not Ging. It is her husband/mechanic/lawncare specialist. We are slowly reassembling her 70 GT and ran into a snag this weekend. The hole in the Bellhousing (top passanger side) where the gear box attaches stripped out when I was torqueing it. I've read all the treads about Heli-coils, studs, jb weld, lock-tite... I'll probably just drill it out and install a larger bolt. Now for the question(s). I'm out of town for a while so I can't crawl under the car to look at the details but I'm sure many of you can pull the answers off the top of your heads or probably have matching bellhousing endtables with 1/4 tempered glass tops to refer to in a pinch.
1. is there enough meat around the existing hole (in the bellhousing) to allow me to use a larger bolt without weakening the structure?
2. is there enough meat around the hole in the gear box so if I have to enlarge that hole I don't weaken it?
3. does the hole in the bellhousing penetrate the inside of the housing? I don't want to remove the housing to do this unless there is a good chance I'll get metal shavings inside. That would be bad.
To me, it doesn't matter if I use Metric or SAE. I might even have a metric tap I used on my Honda. Anybody want to make a quick tip on a new hole size and tap size... Hint, hint.
BTW. My wife loves you guys and your willingness to help others. She is really proud to be associated with this whole group. She is impressed on a regular basis. I too could wander around this site for days and not get bored.
Thanks for any input
Dan AKA (Mr. Ging)