Head threads stripped for alternator

[rklein383]

After failing to be able to drill and tap my son's threads on the head for the alternator, here is what I came up with. Cost - Free!

Bracket held by nearby hole in head, alternator bolt screws into bracket with bolt going into head enough to keep the bracket from rotating.

 

[67Dart273]

Well that's one way. Most of us would just use a heli-coil.

 

[rklein383]

Well that's one way. Most of us would just use a heli-coil.

I tried drilling it out, with it in the car, even with the radiator out, I felt like I was drilling into hardened steel. I sharpened my bits with a drill doctor and they just wouldn't drill.

Hence, I did it a different way.

 

[fishy68]

I tried drilling it out, with it in the car, even with the radiator out, I felt like I was drilling into hardened steel. I sharpened my bits with a drill doctor and they just wouldn't drill.

Hence, I did it a different way.

Odd. I drilled one out with ease. Cast is usually pretty easy to drill IMO. Nevertheless your fix worked and that's all that matters