First disaster - snapped hood bolt

[michail71]

Perhaps because I'm in Florida? It has been raining and humid.

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[Sig556]

Great News

Drewzh, Way to go. Glad you got the repair made. You were very fortunate to have enough stud left to Tig a new one in it's place.

 

[drewzh]

Drewzh, Way to go. Glad you got the repair made. You were very fortunate to have enough stud left to Tig a new one in it's place.

Thanks. Yeah totally, I'm hoping the other guys can fix in a similar way. It's quite a clean fix.

 

[timd38]

I had a feeling it was getting too tight but I put too much trust in the tool. I'll take that advice once I get this fixed.

Is that Harbor Freight wrench?

 

[drewzh]

One big issue with using a torque wrench on these bolts is that they're essentially lubricated as they're painted black. I learned shortly after my incident that you should never use a torque wrench on a bolt that's in any way lubricated as it'll stop the bolt from 'catching' as it'll slide, rather than 'grab'.

I also had an email afterward from Steeda who said that they'd actually recommend hand tightening the bolts rather than using a torque wrench, but included values anyway, as apparently, people insisted on them?

 

[control4userguy]

...Steeda who said that they'd actually recommend hand tightening the bolts rather than using a torque wrench, but included values anyway, as apparently, people insisted on them?

I was waiting for this to come out sooner or later.

 

[Norm Peterson]

It might well be better to torque these particular fasteners with an old-fashioned beam-style inch*lb torque wrench, where there's no 'click' to inadvertently overshoot.


Norm

 

[michail71]

Is that Harbor Freight wrench?

Not sure. It was a generic one from an auto parts store.

 

[drewzh]

Here is mine.

How did you get on? It looks like you have slightly less thread left than me, but certainly enough to tig weld a new 6mm thread on.

 

[michail71]

I've been too busy with work to find a shop willing to do the work. Hopefully I can find someone this week.

 

[Norm Peterson]

I bet you could use a threaded sleeve and some Locktite to splice a short threaded section of an M6 bolt on with. Might need a washer with an oversize hole if the sleeve ends up not sitting below the surface shown.


Norm

 

[michail71]

I bet you could use a threaded sleeve and some Locktite to splice a short threaded section of an M6 bolt on with. Might need a washer with an oversize hole if the sleeve ends up not sitting below the surface shown.


Norm

Oh, interesting idea!

 

[drewzh]

Tig welding a new thread on is apparently really easy and you appear to have enough thread left to do this. It literally took my friend less than a minute and he said it was an easy job with little risk. I'd try and find a metal working shop rather than a garage.

 

[michail71]

So he didn't need to even take the hood off?

I stopped by one welding shop at lunch. They said they didn't to tig welding but they gave me a recommendation.

 

[drewzh]

So he didn't need to even take the hood off?

I stopped by one welding shop at lunch. They said they didn't to tig welding but they gave me a recommendation.

Nope, I had a few mm sticking out proud of the bracket and he just tig welded it in place.

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