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Old 02-05-2006, 01:18 AM
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Help Hey DWC...what would you do?

I have a bit of a problem with my dakota....I have a flex plate bolt hole that is stripped out and wont hold....the other 3 are in good shape with locktight on them. Im wondering if I should Helicoil the 7/16" bolt and forget about it...or JB weld it (then drill and tap it) or should break lose the other 3 and drill and tap all three for oversized bolts (and grind the heads down so they dont hit the bellhousing coverplate). For me the first two arnt a problem, I dont think the shearing force that the flex place puts on these grade 7 bolts would be so much it would cause a problem. I really dont wanna have to drill and tap all 4 though.
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Old 02-05-2006, 01:20 AM
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put an action plus and a TQ on it.
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Old 02-05-2006, 01:40 AM
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put an action plus and a TQ on it.
LOL....I already have the action plus and 670 CFM throttle body (sorry its injected, so no TQ)
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Old 02-05-2006, 03:06 AM
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I'd drill the the stripped hole and flex plate to the next biggest size and retap it. The bigger bolt wont weigh enough to cause a balance issue. I've done it before on some older cars with 360's and that balanced converter with no issuses.
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Old 02-05-2006, 03:42 AM
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Amen.........
I have my own therory on on that. Everyone knows what a fluid damper is. On the rear of the engine the tc acts as a fluid damper for the rear of the engine.


Just thinking out loud..........
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Old 02-05-2006, 08:54 AM
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I'd drill the the stripped hole and flex plate to the next biggest size and retap it. The bigger bolt wont weigh enough to cause a balance issue. I've done it before on some older cars with 360's and that balanced converter with no issuses.
Ok thanks ....I thought that since the flexplate and bolts were a ballanced assembly that one bolt would throw it out of ballance.
This I can do ...I just didnt want to have to break the others loose and do them all like that.
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