Stripped crankshaft bolt!

littlemac · Post by **littlemac** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:45 pm

I have an 86 Spree and I runied what I think is the crankshatf rod? I absolutely cannot get any nut to stay on and cannot not rethread the bolt. What should I do?

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:11 pm

Pics? If you did strip your crank its fubar and has to be replaced.

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:46 pm

bad link

littlemac · Post by **littlemac** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:55 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28325164@N03/2644866726/

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:05 pm

Crank is junk, will need a new crank and a full engine rebuild.

justinnielsen01 · Post by **justinnielsen01** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:49 am

no i say just try tapping it out first to put a smaller nut on it

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:41 pm

justinnielsen01 wrote:no i say just try tapping it out first to put a smaller nut on it

That might work, worth a shot I guess.

Gamemedic · Post by **Gamemedic** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:07 pm

Tap it, put the nut on and tack it with a welder. Put a new belt on because it aint comming off after that.

Post by **noiseguy** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:26 pm

You could put some welds on the shaft, then re-tap the crank. Too much heat will bake the seals, though, and then you'll need to pull the crank to replace them.

If you retap, look at the SAE (non-metric) sizes as well, there may be something smaller than what you have and larger than the next smallest metric.