JohnW63
SHO Member
I have posted a topic where I had slightly messed up a bolt hole that holds a bracket to the head, on the driverside rear corner. I couldn't get the bolt to thread in, even with the brackets out ofthe way. Well, I asked a guy at work, and he suggested making a thread cleaning "tool" . He was told how to do this by some "old timer" he used to know. It's simple and it worked !
Buy a new bolt of the same size and thread.
Now, if you look straight on at the tip of the bolt, with the head away from you, so it's just a circle, you need to make a cut with a hack saw at the 12..3...6..and 9 o clock postions. Put the bolt in a vice, holding the head and hold the saw blade at about a 45 degree angle, so that it will cut more at the tip of the bolt than the threads. Cut into the bolt about an 1/8th at the top at these four spots. This "tool" will now work as a thread cleaner, if your work it in and out of the messed up bolt hole.
Of course, on the SHO, the head was aluminum, so I used this carefully and only with a hand held **** to turn the socket. Now, the original bolt goes in.
Probably old news to some of you, but an elegant solution for me.
Buy a new bolt of the same size and thread.
Now, if you look straight on at the tip of the bolt, with the head away from you, so it's just a circle, you need to make a cut with a hack saw at the 12..3...6..and 9 o clock postions. Put the bolt in a vice, holding the head and hold the saw blade at about a 45 degree angle, so that it will cut more at the tip of the bolt than the threads. Cut into the bolt about an 1/8th at the top at these four spots. This "tool" will now work as a thread cleaner, if your work it in and out of the messed up bolt hole.
Of course, on the SHO, the head was aluminum, so I used this carefully and only with a hand held **** to turn the socket. Now, the original bolt goes in.
Probably old news to some of you, but an elegant solution for me.
