Man, I was tightening the vavle cover bolt to 40tq and I did not even get close to that much and it snapped. What should I do? Half the bolt is still in the threads.

 

buy an extracting kit

 

^^^^^^^^^ what he said it is a great tool i think sears sells it i have seen them in action it is good shiot

 

So I have to drill a hole and then use this to take it out?

 

Where do I get a new bolt, these are wierd looking.

 

prob a junkyard or dealer they are special kinda dummy proof your not suppose to be able to torque it to much that is the way they were designed

 

Yes sir, if you are unsure, have someone who is a mechanic do it, it does take a bit of nerves to do.

 

Don't forget to use a nice new drill bit. If it's not straight, you could risk damaging the threads and have to retap them.

 

FSM says TQ to 60 and I was no where near that.

 

I bought a extractor from Autozone. It comes with bits and extractors. ~$20 for the whole kit.

Just do a search on Autozone.com for extractor.

You may want to use a tap so the bit drills in the middle of the bolt.

 

AAGH! Kevlo - thats 60 inch-lbs, not foot-lbs.... you did see that right?

Sh*t - I had bad luck doing mine and now you're going through some BS too...

Can you believe that mine is still all dismantled - hopefully the gaskets show up tomorrow and I'll put things back together.

 

I bought another TQ wrench specifically for this job - since the one I had was too coarse and didn't go down to the low torque levels for these types of jobs.

 

hey nimodi, where exactly do you live in the burbs?

 

You stalking me? Just kidding. I'm in the Western burbs (Naperville, Downers Grove, etc.).

 

i live in st. charles, hey do you know of any maxima clubs around here?

 

Let's not clutter up Kevlo's thread. Move this to PMs or the regional forum.

 

This is a ***** to drill into. Damnit, it is my fault, I did not see the INCH POUNDS

 

Is it one of the front or rear bolts? the fronts are at least easier to see/work with. This really .

 

Front bolts of the rear cover. It came out a little bit now it doesnt want to thread out anymore.

 

MF BS, can't I get by w/o bolt #1. I mean its in hte middle all the other ones should make up for it right?

 

I did the exact same thing. My mechanic said it wouldnt leak so I drove around for a couple of days until he had time to fix it. Try some PB Blaster.

 

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you don't put that bolt in, won't oil seep out of the bolt hole? I mean you have the grommet in there, but you still need the bolt to close the hole...

 

Do you have the valve cover off or on right now?

 

The hole is not inside, gasket is. So the hole does not have to do with the oil. All the bolts are on hte outside of the gasket.

 

Yes you are right - now that I picture the gasket in my head that makes sense... I wonder why they have the grommets for each bolt then...

You don't have enough thread visible to get a pair of vise-grips around them huh?

 

It's about 1.5 thread out. I cant get a good grip.

 

So it sheared flush with the heads' surface?

 

Ahh this bolt extractor SUCKS ***. So close but not close enough.

 

I am about to cry, whats the odds of the bolt extractor breaking too

 

I feel for you man. Now its beyond anything I know... try the all motor forum - those guys may have some good ideas...

 

I am just gonna put a bunch of thatr grey gasket stuff there, I am pretty sure all the other bolts will make up for one of hte middle bolts being out.

 

That will probably work. I'm wondering, is the oil in the valve cover under any pressure? Or just is just slosh around because of the cams? Just wondering how much work the seals are doing to begin with.

I know you had a leak there before, where was it leaking from? Did you find that your old gasket had cracked?

 

Ehh it was leaking in the rear, the oil would run down the headers onto the ypipe and control arm. So far no leaks and car runs pretty smooth. Good think I put it together quickly, it is raining now.

 

Damn - you got it all back together pretty quick - did you pull the IM off the car - or just prop it up out of the way?

 

I took the IM off. I can take out the IM in about 10-15minutes and I can put it back together in 20. I would finished earlier but one of coil packs was not in all the way and I did not know it so the car ran like **** and I didnt know why.

 

Damn! look for a thread tomorrow AM titled "I need help putting my IM back on" I'm serious!

So you put the sealent on the corners and around that sheared bolt... how long did you wait for the sealent to set before starting the car?

Did you assemble the valve cover/gasket while the sealent was still "un-set" - I think thats what you are supposed to do.

 

You put the sealant in the gasket groove on the vavle cover, then install the gasket on top of it. I put a little bit in all 4 corners so I knew the gasket would not fall out when I put it on the head. I waited about 20-30min for it to set before I attempted to install.

 

like everyone said, screw extractor:
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...id=00920616000

 

It broke inside the bolt

 

need another bolt?