How bad did I mess up my head?

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Mar 7, 2007, 08:27 PM

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Working on pics, it broke right where the threads start. How hard are the caps to remove?

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Mar 7, 2007, 08:29 PM

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Mar 7, 2007, 08:42 PM

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I rescind my previous statement.

Don't screw around. Take it to a machine shop.

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Mar 8, 2007, 12:04 AM

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Thing is I dont trust many shops here either. I had to call over a dozen places just to get one that knew how to press my motor mount.

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Mar 8, 2007, 12:52 AM

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the machine shop would do it, it isnt anything special like building a racing head with a 9 angle valve job. it is simple but if u think u can do it go ahead.

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Mar 8, 2007, 04:49 AM

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If it will make you feel better - I work with "fully trained" people who dont even know how to use a torque wrench either. On 100 million $ equipment that is

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Mar 8, 2007, 07:04 AM

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yah that happened to me as well. a friend of mine had one of those drill bits and fixed it in a jiffy. no biggy but DAMN did it freak me out.

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Mar 8, 2007, 07:47 AM

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yah that happened to me as well. a friend of mine had one of those drill bits and fixed it in a jiffy. no biggy but DAMN did it freak me out.

Well that makes me feel alittle better.

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Mar 13, 2007, 09:20 AM

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get a TAP and DIE kit.

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Mar 13, 2007, 10:59 AM

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Well Im going to try and get it out today. Been sicker then he!! the last few days so havent gotten much done. I'll post up some results and pics later.

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Mar 13, 2007, 11:07 AM

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you need an bolt extractor kit. Northern tools sells them.

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Mar 13, 2007, 02:24 PM

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Well I just got done and it was alot easier then I though it would be. Took about an hour for the drilling and then about 15sec. to unscrew. It came out so easy once I set it into place I was able to unscrew it with my hands. Not sure how in broke, might have been a weak bolt.

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Mar 13, 2007, 02:36 PM

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better that it broke under the wrench's power and not under the motors....that could have been bad.

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Mar 13, 2007, 02:44 PM

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Yeah, thats what I was starting to think.

Also there were ALOT of metal shavings. To keep the head clean I took a latex glove and put a small hole into it. I then slipped that over the cap. The rest of the head that was exposed I placed paper towels over. I then kept running a magnet over everything to keep the shavings cleared off.

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