Steve Brown
Well Known Member
I had to send end my E/P-Mags for some service and was just reinstalling them yesterday.
My installation has studs for one mag, bolts on the other. Got the mag with the studs back on with no problem.
When starting to torque down the other mag, the bottom bolt started turning freely. I was torquing them progressively, so this was at less than 100"/#. Metal from the casing side threads was evident on the bolt threads.
There seemed to be no damage to the bold and the hole apparently goes all the way through the casing. I tried threading the bolt in past the stripped section (no mag) to assess the condition of threads deeper in the hole.
The bolt really won't go in with the force I was willing to apply. I'm thinking I need to clean up the threads with a tap and use a longer bolt, but I'm not sure if this is right.
Also, I'm wondering why this mag has bolts, and whether or not I should just replace the bolts with studs in the process of doing this repair.
Advice on this greatly appreciated
My installation has studs for one mag, bolts on the other. Got the mag with the studs back on with no problem.
When starting to torque down the other mag, the bottom bolt started turning freely. I was torquing them progressively, so this was at less than 100"/#. Metal from the casing side threads was evident on the bolt threads.
There seemed to be no damage to the bold and the hole apparently goes all the way through the casing. I tried threading the bolt in past the stripped section (no mag) to assess the condition of threads deeper in the hole.
The bolt really won't go in with the force I was willing to apply. I'm thinking I need to clean up the threads with a tap and use a longer bolt, but I'm not sure if this is right.
Also, I'm wondering why this mag has bolts, and whether or not I should just replace the bolts with studs in the process of doing this repair.
Advice on this greatly appreciated