BonesDT
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- Red '99 Sport SOHC 4x4
OK, I keep burning out starters like what. I'm thinking the reason is because the upper starter bolt (which is bolted to the aluminum transmission bellhousing) broke in half a long time ago, leaving the other half lodged in the bellhousing.
I never thought much about it, because the remaining bolt is about 1.5" long, which I thought was long enough to do the job. But now I'm thinking that it isn't getting fully torqued into the threaded bellhousing "nut" and it works its way loose, allowing the starter to wobble, which eventually blows them out. (Sure enough the upper bolt was a little loose when I pulled the starter).
You can see my 3 options of dealing with this problem. I want to try to go with the proper Method 1. However, my three times using bolt extractors, turned out to complete failures because either the extractor implodes and/or it drills through the center of the bolt leaving the threaded shell lodged in the nut for eternity.
Anyone have suggestions on how to properly extract this thing without making a mess. I have some room to work with the tranny bolted up, but I'm painfully thinking it will have to be dropped ... again.
I never thought much about it, because the remaining bolt is about 1.5" long, which I thought was long enough to do the job. But now I'm thinking that it isn't getting fully torqued into the threaded bellhousing "nut" and it works its way loose, allowing the starter to wobble, which eventually blows them out. (Sure enough the upper bolt was a little loose when I pulled the starter).
You can see my 3 options of dealing with this problem. I want to try to go with the proper Method 1. However, my three times using bolt extractors, turned out to complete failures because either the extractor implodes and/or it drills through the center of the bolt leaving the threaded shell lodged in the nut for eternity.
Anyone have suggestions on how to properly extract this thing without making a mess. I have some room to work with the tranny bolted up, but I'm painfully thinking it will have to be dropped ... again.
