Don't Iron Man your Bolts

Just a reminder for all you strong arm dudes. Go easy on those small bolts please, I may be buying your boat somewhere down the line.

I put a new impellar in the purple 93 this weekend, and noticed when I was taking it off that the top part where the bolt for the belt adjustment was cracked. When I took the bolt out it pretty much fell apart. I tried every trick I could think of plus JB weld to put it back together. But the threads on the inside were all but gone. I've never seen one that beat up before and it didn't look like a very old water pump.   But somebody put the mojo on that bolt.

Thank god for the ccfan discount at skidim, $300 bucks " GONE ". Cause some fool thought he was tighten down bolts on a cruise ship.
I know you can get just the housing but nobody keeps them in stock.
And of course I need the boat for the 4th.    But ya'll just remember to save yourself some money and go EASY ON THOSE LITTLE BOLTS.....Cause those little parts are HEAVY on the wallet.

PMC - Helicoils are your friend.... tap out the old hole with the helicoil tap, insert the steel "threads" and reinsert your old bolt. Seems like last time I bought the helicoils and tap it was in the $15 neighborhood. you can usually get the helicoils at your local autoparts store. make sure you know the size of the bolt and the thread guage, helicoils are size specific.

good luck!

Yep,   I noticed that the housing was broken, but it sounded like it was rigged back together...

pmccook1 wrote: I tried every trick I could think of plus JB weld to put it back together. But the threads on the inside were all but gone.

   I think that the housing should be replaced as well, but a temporary fix like a helicoil may get you back on the water while you're waitng for the new parts...

Kris

Small bolt needs small wrench. Keeps me out of the heliccoil aisle.

I've had a few saves similar to that. Just wish I had been that lucky this time around.   Just think how many get tossed in the trash that could be saved. I wish I had time to dig through old boat repair shops to find'em.   Theres a marina here on lake sinclair that I wish I could dig through. Theres one building thats been there since the lake was built. You can stand at the door of it see old parts galore. They even have a old willys jeep thats been used there since the 50's I guess.

And remember your starter relay studs are copper..... I bought a new starter relay, installed and put a good squeeze on the nut and all of the sudden, no more stud left. Oh well there went 30 bucks. The joys of not paying attention.