Re: Starter through bolts.
Hello jch7450, Good advice.<br />When I first requested help getting the broken<br />through bolt part number. It was because I had<br />noticed the through bolt broken at the rear bracket<br />to the motor. So I thought I would just replace<br />it. The following day I had a little time on my<br />hands and it was a really Warm day, I decided to<br />puts with the motor and did a compression test<br />on the cylinders. When I had all the plugs out<br />and was turning the motor over to do the test I<br />noticed the engine laboring to turn with no<br />compression. So I had a closer look at the starter<br />and when I checked the starter bolts for tightness<br />the inside bolt was loose and would not tighten.<br />I backed it out and found the bolt broken at the<br />start of the threads. Fortunately I was able to get<br />the remainder of the bolt out because it was visible<br />through the top of bolt hole along the back of the<br />block. Boy was I relieved.
<br />If it would of been the far outside bolt their<br />could have been a real problem removing the broken<br />remains. I likely would of needed to remove the motor<br />and turn it over to get at the bolt.<br />I do wounder why it broke? Perhaps it had been<br />previously over tightened and snapped. Or maybe<br />their is some other reason you might know.
