Head screw stripped Hewp! - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

bkftl · 05-09-2010, 10:48 PM

3rd weekend doing my project car.

I fear the main gasket between both engine parts was leaking...

Once the engine head cover came off, We tried to unscrew the screws.

TWO of the 10 or 8 Head Bolts are striped. Probably previous owner...

In autozone and advanced auto. They said that there is no metric key for those screws. So they gave me a T50 hex key. It does fit but gives a bit of play. Which in turn helped us strip these messed up bolts even further.

Are these bolts metric?

Is there any cheap and ez way to pull them out?

Madcat · 05-09-2010, 10:53 PM

Advanced Auto is full of idiots.

Go look for the 12 point sockets on the tool isle. I think its the M9 size in the pack. Its a tight fit but tap it in with a hammer.

Jim

bkftl · 05-09-2010, 10:59 PM

Thanks Jim! I shall try that

Here's a my clean engine

Amazing what a little gas and rubbing can do