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jamesc1123 · 11-04-2010, 06:33 PM

Sooooo...I had the Vararam intake and the extension bolts fell out on the road, so the next set I threw on some loc-tite. Well...I got my new unit and now I can't get the new bolts in because of all the loc tite still in there. What do I do? Can I throw some heat at it (without worrying about the paint)? It seems like a M6x1 thread chaser isn't going to be very easy to find. All help is greatly appreciated. I hope I'm not horribly in the wrong thread, but this is the main one I read, so

Hicompression · 11-04-2010, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by jamesc1123

Sooooo...I had the Vararam intake and the extension bolts fell out on the road, so the next set I threw on some loc-tite. Well...I got my new unit and now I can't get the new bolts in because of all the loc tite still in there. What do I do? Can I throw some heat at it (without worrying about the paint)? It seems like a M6x1 thread chaser isn't going to be very easy to find. All help is greatly appreciated. I hope I'm not horribly in the wrong thread, but this is the main one I read, so

Did you use loctite blue or red? Heat usually works unless it's the high strength red.

Stovall-SS · 11-04-2010, 07:43 PM

Could always run a tap set throught it, or a wire brush on a drill to clean it out.

steeleshark2 · 11-04-2010, 07:56 PM

Can you get a saw blade to the old bolts?

2010BumbleBee · 11-04-2010, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Stovall-SS

Could always run a tap set throught it, or a wire brush on a drill to clean it out.

+1

Run a tap then use an air nozzle to blow out the residue. I do this everyday
at work with 5/16-18 bolts and we use red 271 loctite.

jamesc1123 · 11-04-2010, 08:15 PM

I used blue. Am I going to need an actual heat gun? Oh well, I love buying new tools. Thanks for all the ideas.

Hicompression · 11-05-2010, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jamesc1123

I used blue. Am I going to need an actual heat gun? Oh well, I love buying new tools. Thanks for all the ideas.

Heat gun or hair dryer.

BowlingSS · 11-05-2010, 11:54 AM

Old hair dryer will work. Of course a heat gun is also cool or should I say hot.

Good luck.
Bill

Hesh · 11-05-2010, 12:19 PM

Hmm very strange I use the blue loctite all the time and have no problems getting bolts back apart..now the red is another story. That stuff i have had to take a propane torch to a bolt to get them out.

jamesc1123 · 11-05-2010, 01:13 PM

Getting it out wasn't a problem, it's getting a new one in that's the issue.

Jaysin · 11-05-2010, 02:23 PM

Like others have said, just use a tap to clean the threads and blow the hole out with compressed air.

Just give it a little tap. Tap, tap tap-a-roo.

tonystark · 11-05-2010, 09:02 PM

What a pain.... Good luck.

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Originally Posted by Jaysin

Like others have said, just use a tap to clean the threads and blow the hole out with compressed air.

Just give it a little tap. Tap, tap tap-a-roo.

11-04-2010, 06:33 PM	#1
jamesc1123 Drives: CGM 2SS RS w/ white stripes Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Clarksville, TN Posts: 182 View My Garage	I'm a bonehead Sooooo...I had the Vararam intake and the extension bolts fell out on the road, so the next set I threw on some loc-tite. Well...I got my new unit and now I can't get the new bolts in because of all the loc tite still in there. What do I do? Can I throw some heat at it (without worrying about the paint)? It seems like a M6x1 thread chaser isn't going to be very easy to find. All help is greatly appreciated. I hope I'm not horribly in the wrong thread, but this is the main one I read, so

11-04-2010, 07:56 PM	#4
steeleshark2 Drives: 2010 Transformer 1SS Camaro Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Kingsland, Ga Posts: 2,553 View My Garage	Can you get a saw blade to the old bolts? __________________ Build page:http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...77#post3083477

11-05-2010, 11:54 AM	#8
BowlingSS Camaro Owner Since 1987 Drives: 2011 2SS/RS L99 RJT Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lawrenceville, GA Posts: 2,185	Old hair dryer will work. Of course a heat gun is also cool or should I say hot. Good luck. Bill __________________ 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS L99 RJT CAI, Inc. Cold Air Induction;ADM Scoop Rx Catch Can;Rx Breather;Roto-Fab Washer Container VMax Ported RJT Throttle Body XSPower Headers and XSPower 3" Exhaust System Elite Engineering Tunnel Brace, Gorilla Wheel Lock System; Bear Rotors, Hawk HPS Tinted Windows 35%;EFILive Tune

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11-04-2010, 07:43 PM	#3
Stovall-SS Drives: 2010 SS RS M6 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Goodyear, AZ Posts: 285	Could always run a tap set throught it, or a wire brush on a drill to clean it out.

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Hesh Drives: 2010 IOM Camaro Vin 34334 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 566	Hmm very strange I use the blue loctite all the time and have no problems getting bolts back apart..now the red is another story. That stuff i have had to take a propane torch to a bolt to get them out.

11-05-2010, 01:13 PM	#10
jamesc1123 Drives: CGM 2SS RS w/ white stripes Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Clarksville, TN Posts: 182 View My Garage	Getting it out wasn't a problem, it's getting a new one in that's the issue.

11-05-2010, 02:23 PM	#11
Jaysin Drives: 2015 Chevrolet SS Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 341	Like others have said, just use a tap to clean the threads and blow the hole out with compressed air. Just give it a little tap. Tap, tap tap-a-roo.