SuperGordo
Elite Explorer
- Joined
- May 28, 2009
- Messages
- 572
- Reaction score
- 776
- City, State
- Las Vegas, NV
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2022 Explorer ST
It’s Deja Vu all over again!
This one was a tad more pesky than back in February on the original engine. Drilled a hole in the broken bolt, then promptly broke the end of the extractor off in the bolt. So i welded a bolt on top of it. And it started to come out, then sheared off the portion of the bolt that had been drilled. At least that got the broken extractor out. So i drilled the rest of it out at that point. During the drilling the bit moved over a touch and damaged about 15% of the threads. Even so it still accepted the bolt. But considering i need to keep this running for my daughter I helicoiled the hole sp its perfect. Annoying overall, but it turned out real nice. Hoping to have the motor all resealed on the stand in the next week.
This one was a tad more pesky than back in February on the original engine. Drilled a hole in the broken bolt, then promptly broke the end of the extractor off in the bolt. So i welded a bolt on top of it. And it started to come out, then sheared off the portion of the bolt that had been drilled. At least that got the broken extractor out. So i drilled the rest of it out at that point. During the drilling the bit moved over a touch and damaged about 15% of the threads. Even so it still accepted the bolt. But considering i need to keep this running for my daughter I helicoiled the hole sp its perfect. Annoying overall, but it turned out real nice. Hoping to have the motor all resealed on the stand in the next week.