Over-tightened transmission pan bolt

[BrentK]

While reinstalling my transmission pan, I tightened a bolt too much and stripped the pan (not the bolt itself). I reapplied more LocTite and put the bolt back in, just to have something there. So far there's no leak; maybe because this happened in a corner of the pan where the adjacent bolts are very close.

I've never had this happen before, so I'm not sure what I should do (if anything, since there's no leak). Any ideas?

 

[paulo57509]

You might be able to install one of these universal drain plug kits:

B&M Drain Plug Kit

 

[XS650]

That sounds like you stripped the aluminum threads in the transmission housing.

If that's the case, Loctite make a thread repair kit in a tube that works so-so. It should do the job but may have to be redone if you take the screw out many times.

You can get it at many hardware and outoparts stores. It is -not- the normal thread locking stuff.

If it was the drain plug, Paulo answered your question.

Loctite form a thread

 

[BrentK]

quote:

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Originally posted by XS650:
That sounds like you stripped the aluminum threads in the transmission housing.

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That's exactly what I did.

 

[OdinsRageSS]

if it doesnt leak, no big deal!

 

[rpn453]

A Heli-Coil or similar thread repair kit (which will replace the aluminum threads with steel or stainless steel threads) should fix that problem to as good as or better than new.