I was re-torquing the turbo to pedestal stud nuts on my (new and improved) Aurora 5000 pedestal, as I had seen some leakage -:t , and the front driver's side stud decided to turn (strip) out in the pedestal:mad: . So whats my best bet:confused: Drill it out and retap and put in a bigger stud, or use one of those insert jobbers. Any and all ideas welcome:) . Thanks!

Josh

put a longer stud in,and put a nut on the back side (in a perfect world)

im not familiar with what you are dealing with, but i can tell you that heli coil kits work wonders. this is definitely what i would do. can be had at your local parts store. wil

I dont know if a heli coil would work in this case, since the stud had no problem stripping the pedestal i think it would strip out a heli coil also. Put a nut on the backside, or retap.

The pedistal has no room for a nut on the bottom unless you cut out a area for it. The bolt that was in it is a 10x1.5 so you will need to retap for a 7/16 bolt (not very common unfortunatly). So heli-coil might be the best bet (larger dia threads on out side of coil for a better grip). I thought we got through this with the first pedestals (resurfaced mine 4 times in a 1 year period and it was still leaking). GMCSLEHD was trying to get a new pedestal for it (for a friend) and got blown off by ATS. Who was it you talked to down there GMCSLEHD? Wasn't it Wade? I called there later and found out they had them in stock:mad: The work in progress continues I guess. I can't blame others for making other turbo set ups for these trucks. I think I will start making one to handle anything from a mid-size frame turbo to the T4 flanged HX60 huffer for the racers and big time pullers. Driver side trans dipstick tube as well.

Heli-coils are usually stainless steel too!

Helicoil it, you'll be fine.

In fact do all four while your at it and then no worries for the future. I would use anti-seize during assembly of any part that is exposed to heat, if I wanted to try and take it apart again in the future without stripping the threads.

Yeah, helicoil. They work for stripped out spark plugs under combustion pressures, although the temperature is a lot lower. If the insert is stainless, I think you'd be all right.

SD, I'm guessing by the term "new and improved," he means the cast iron ones, not the old manganese bronze.

I did kinda chuckle when I saw the bracket for my 2nd CP3 was the bronze.

Polish it for the bling bling gold look :D I'm going to go wild with a brazing rod and a buffer on all the metal parts under my hood :D

Yeah, helicoil. They work for stripped out spark plugs under combustion pressures, although the temperature is a lot lower. If the insert is stainless, I think you'd be all right.

SD, I'm guessing by the term "new and improved," he means the cast iron ones, not the old manganese bronze.

I did kinda chuckle when I saw the bracket for my 2nd CP3 was the bronze.

All those pedestal's had to be used for something!! ):h ):h

And SD, the reason Josh got blown off was because it was to help you out. given that I know the situation on how you aquired your turbo I had no reason to help YOU out. Sorry Josh got caught in the middle, I gladly helped Josh with his situation when asked and would gladly do it again. Sorry for not getting back to you Josh, please understand that it had nothing to do with you.

Cheers,
Wade

Polish it for the bling bling gold look :D I'm going to go wild with a brazing rod and a buffer on all the metal parts under my hood :D

Yeah, I've heard you've been known to polish your bracket ):h

I am learning something from Scott. :D