fekkin cam belt tensioner nut sheared!

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hairypete
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Post Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:06 pm

heeeeeeeeelp guys!!! anyone got any bright ideas? the nut you loosen to let the tensioner off has just sheared off!
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there is possibly just enough room to drill a little hole next to it on the side of the block, reckon an m6 or maybe an m4 bolt will hold it? :?

or i think its gonna be drill it out and re tap it to the next size up, but can you drill out a sheared bolt? :?

its the end of a great day, everything has gone quite well, but i cant turn the key now al cause of one poxy bolt dammit!

its not fair, i want my mummy!!!! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Post Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:09 am

I would try an ''easy out'' first mate, they have a reverse thread on them so you drill a hole down the middle of the snapped stud and wind them in anticlockwise.

it could work and they are farely cheap from most motorfactors or halfords.
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Post Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:53 am

ok, got something along those lines, cheers for that, here goes, ..... :? :? :? :?
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Post Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:22 pm

sweet, realised it could be drilled out and just bolted up instead! all done, engine is purring almost perfectly now! need to do the rockers again, a little ticky but will give it a gentle 100 miles before i redo that, then another 100 miles and dump the oil, god i feel better now!
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