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Old 09-13-2015, 03:30 PM
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So recently I got an aam angled plenum spacer for my 05. I installed it and one of the plenum bolts won't screw back. I tried using another bolt and nothing. It just won't grab. I put the bolt in and screw it and it just keeps turning. I think I may have stripped the bolt hole and I believe this might be causing a vacuum leak which is causing the hissing sound at idle. My question is what can I do to rethread the hole and get the bolt in? Thanks in advance. Kind of new to this so please bear with me.
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You'll need to carefully remove the spacer and retap the threads on the hole that is stripped out. If the aluminum is too badly damaged, you may need to use the next biggest tap and a slightly bigger bolt.
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Originally Posted by dkmura
You'll need to carefully remove the spacer and retap the threads on the hole that is stripped out. If the aluminum is too badly damaged, you may need to use the next biggest tap and a slightly bigger bolt.
Thanks for the reply. Now would a shop be able to do that? If not where can I find a tap and die kit and any idea what size I would need? Thanks in advance.
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A local machine shop might be able to do this work. Otherwise, you can find tap and die sets at any number of tool supply shops- do a search. You'll have to inspect the bolt for size and thread pitch.
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Originally Posted by dkmura
A local machine shop might be able to do this work. Otherwise, you can find tap and die sets at any number of tool supply shops- do a search. You'll have to inspect the bolt for size and thread pitch.
Thanks a million!
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