How would you all handle this?
Never had to deal with poor threads..
So in the picture, one of the transversal mount bolts will only torque down till about 80lbs then you can still keep turning for ages.
I got a tap to clean out the threads. The flippin person gave me the m14 1.5 tap not the m14 1.25...
Did not realize this untill after I tapped it.
Went back and got the correct size with a brand new bolt from Subaru.
The bolt still continues to spin but I can get it to around 120lbs now.
I'm at such a loss with this I went ahead and ordered a m14 1.5 bolt and am gonna hope I have enough material left to tap back to the 1.5.
Here's the issue, I have talked with many specialists, machine shops, mechanics.
Keyserts, helicoil, and time serts are all too weak. Even manufactures that specifically make that stuff don't make the sleeves or coils with high enough tensile strength let alone the grade of the material for an application like this. What in the world would you guys do?