Is it possible to repair the holes that the bolts that hold the flex plate to the torque converter?
About a year ago had a bolt come out and keep the pinion gear on the starter from engaging the ring gear. Didn't worry much about it, just put starter back in. A few weeks ago same thing happened. Tore it apart and found the only bolt still there is loose, can see 1 bolt twisted off - head gone, 1 bolt found at bottom of bell housing - can see it got caught on something head bent over, and last bolt is the one that I found a year ago and had on dash all this time.
Went and got new bolts and found that holes are so stripped that the bolts just slip in. The holes are slightly deeper than bolts are long so I don't think I can tap out the holes to repair threads.
Any ideas or suggestions on how to repair? I REALLY don't want to have to replace the torque converter.
Thanks for reading!
Danny
About a year ago had a bolt come out and keep the pinion gear on the starter from engaging the ring gear. Didn't worry much about it, just put starter back in. A few weeks ago same thing happened. Tore it apart and found the only bolt still there is loose, can see 1 bolt twisted off - head gone, 1 bolt found at bottom of bell housing - can see it got caught on something head bent over, and last bolt is the one that I found a year ago and had on dash all this time.
Went and got new bolts and found that holes are so stripped that the bolts just slip in. The holes are slightly deeper than bolts are long so I don't think I can tap out the holes to repair threads.
Any ideas or suggestions on how to repair? I REALLY don't want to have to replace the torque converter.
Thanks for reading!
Danny