The screw holes for mounting my headlight on my sunfire are stripped out, I was wondering if that piece is interchangeable, like i can pulla good one off a sunfire at a junkyard and use that, or if i need to weld the holes shut and redrill and tap the holes.
If the head light bolts are stripped you should be able to use a bit that extracts the screw out.
Uhh... I don't think he means that the bolt's stuck. Usually when someone says it's stripped it means that it won't tighten (just keeps spinning in place). The easiest thing to do is to get a nut for the end of the bolt and just reach under to tighten it.
I took my bolt to the local hardware store and got a new, stainless steel bolt with slightly larger shaft than OE, and with deeper, and more coarse (not as close together) threads. Wrap some duct tape near the head, real tight, to simulate the solid part of the OE bolt. Cut the tape to length with a utility knife, voila!
lol proper way to fix is drill hole with .163" drill bit then tap with 8mmX1.25tpi and just pick up some new bolt for around 3 bucks at local auto part store
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I had the same problem on my Cavy. I just drilled new holes and used different screws.
Rob
Sold 2/2/05
I used zip ties but I'm cheap too
why would you wrap duct tape?..lol i can see plumbers tape but duct tape seems just a little thick
I also have the problem i only have like 1 bolt on each side and its still stripped..lol it works though oh well
I used duct tape to simulate the 'solid' part of the original bolt/screw, the top part that fills out the hole in th headlight housing. I wanted the light to be held in place by that, rather than 'pinched' onto the sheet metal; takes the stress off the threads stripping out again.
Or, you can use a nut clip with appropriately sized bolt.
(various examples of clip nuts)
the inside bolt on both sides of my cavfire stripped out too. just put bolts in to line it up and used self tapping screws to hold it down. that cover piece hides it anyways just watch out for the radiator.
