I have a an angle grinder with a cut off discIt was long ago. I used a cutoff wheel on a die grinder.
I have a an angle grinder with a cut off discIt was long ago. I used a cutoff wheel on a die grinder.
I was hoping not to go there but that might have been my next stepAgreed. A bottoming tap is required. When I couldn't get one, I cut the end off of a standard tap.
For the record, one of my intake bolts is 1/4 20.
But what secret size bottoming tap the kit doesn't say what it isIf you cut the end off of the tap to make a bottoming tap, it will become rather difficult or useless to use it again when you try to start tapping a new hole. Ideally, you’d have the tap you have and a separate bottoming tap to finish it off.
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I would think if the hole was a little deeper I could? get by with the tap that came with the kitI don't mean to get too many cooks going....it may be useful to know the length of the coil, the distance between lines on tap pic'd below
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Time to walk away till tomorrowI would think if the hole was a little deeper I could? get by with the tap that came with the kit
I didn't drill the hole deep enough and I might have wobbled trying to tap itHard to tell from your blurry pics Mikey, but it looks to me like you cross threaded the insert (helicoil). That's why it wouldn't thread any further.
If that's the same kit I put up here, that tap's plenty deep enough for what you're doing. I've done several now and it threads plenty deep enough.
I think your right on cross threading the helicoil as I had enough threadsI didn't drill the hole deep enough and I might have wobbled trying to tap it
It's a bugger pushing the tap handle side to side to get clearance past the carb
If you were wobbling side to side, yeah, you likely cross threaded it. That carb's gonna have to come out so you have room to thread straight. No wobbles allowed.It's a bugger pushing the tap handle side to side to get clearance past the carb
It just seemed theHard to tell from your blurry pics Mikey, but it looks to me like you cross threaded the insert (helicoil). That's why it wouldn't thread any further.
If that's the same kit I put up here, that tap's plenty deep enough for what you're doing. I've done several now and it threads plenty deep enough.
I agree it's not that tough of a taskIf you were wobbling side to side, yeah, you likely cross threaded it. That carb's gonna have to come out so you have room to thread straight. No wobbles allowed.
If it's the one I suggested he get, yes it does. Even has the allen for it.Does that collar on the inserting tool have a set screw in it so you can move it down to only let the coil go on just far enough to engage the tab on the insert.
In tight locations sometimes it helps to find a nut that is just a little too small to slip over the square of the tap. Carefully hammer it on then you can use an open end wrench or even a socket and ratchet to turn the tap. also see if you have something with nice square sides on it, heck even a good block of wood. Use this to help align the tap while threading it in to the casting.I might have wobbled trying to tap it
It's a bugger pushing the tap handle side to side to get clearance past the carb
That's what I was thinking it would have.