Part of the female threads in the float bowl on my teapot carb. (that hold the air cleaner stud) have galled/stripped-out. I need to attend to this, since if any more thread strips I won't have a way to secure the air cleaner. The stud only requires 4 ft. lbs. of torque. Short of drilling out & tapping oversize (and necessarily jerry-rigging an oversized stud), or buying a Helicoil kit, I'm wondering if there is a simpler method since the torque requirement is so low? It would have to be gasoline proof.

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA

Y-Guy Daniel      I believe Loc-Tite or Permatex makes something

                   just for something like this......

                                         Bill

Bill

Pelham,Al

Yes, permatex thread repair kits are made just for this type of thing.  Follow the instructions with the epoxy and the release agent and it will make a good repair.

Daniel, the thread repair metal will work BUT dont go near it with a tension wrench, remember it has been repaired and would not suffer over tightening when theres no need to!

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Bill,



Is that Aussie for "torque wrench"? Are you saying that the repaired thread wouldn't stand the 4# min. OEM torque requirement? Half the orig. thread is still undamaged.

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA

Never mind. Permatex spec. sheet list 2 ft. lbs. max for that bolt size.

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA

Update on the tread repair: Didn't go well.



Product instructions says to let it sit for 5-10 mins. before removal. Even though everything done correctly, after 7 mins. the bolt was so tight, it snapped off while I was removing it (though torque I was applying was not excessive). I then proceeded to snap off a screw extractor tool (which was way too hard to drill out) as the delay in rigging it had permanently glued in the stud remnant by then. Long story short, it's now fixed and running OK, but float bowl cover only torqued at corners, without the center stud hold down point attachment. Hopefully, the fresh gasket I installed will keep it sealed/operating normally.

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA

Is it too thin for a helicoil?


Lawrenceville, GA

Daniel:

What holds the air cleaner on now?

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

John,



Since main body is now screwed and will need expert attention to repair properly, I figured the bowl cover was a minor concern. So, since the Permatex stuff was so aggressive (and handy), I just cut the broken anchor stud off to the proper length and sealed/glued it in place so I could drive the car with aircleaner installed. Seems to work well (so far).



P.S. I think I've figured out why Pony doesn't use that clip that connects the needle to the float. The attachment point on the viton part is a different size/shape from the OEM steel needle, and since they set the float low, there is so much slack in the clip when it's installed, it doesn't always pull the needle out of the seat.



Charlie,



Threads in thin walled main body were very fine, and it didn't look like there was enough latitude for hand drilling.

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA