Stripped coil clip bolt hole

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dlafferty

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Bellingham, WA

• Oct 16, 2005

• #1

I just put in a 2" rubicon express lift. Unfortunately, the socket for the front spring retainer clip bolt is stripped. Any ideas? I was thinking of just getting it welded. Any other ideas? Would getting a re-threading kit do the job? Looking for some advice from someone who's been there.

 

xjj33p3r

NAXJA Member #1108

Location

garland, tx

• Oct 16, 2005

• #2

Don't worry about it. Your spring won't drop out, and if it does, it'll be on a trail where you can put it back on.

 

Ramsey

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Shreveport, LA

• Oct 17, 2005

• #3

helicoil, or drill it and tap it to the next size. dont weld it in

 

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northwestxj

NAXJA Member #1283

Location

washington

• Oct 17, 2005

• #4

yep....just had same problem, just tapped and rethreaded mine to the next size and it tightened up perfectly.

 

xjjeepthing

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Plymouth Indiana

• Oct 17, 2005

• #5

Mine did the same thing went to hardware store picked up the next size bigger in a self tapping bolt,worked great.

 

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bigwhitey

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Brunswick, ME.

• Oct 17, 2005

• #6

Drill out and tap. If you don't, the spring will rotate and will bow in the wrong direction. Mine was rubbing against the inner-C and was very annoying.

 

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Chero-King

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Up here eh?

• Oct 17, 2005

• #7

Drill and tap.
Dont weld.
If you just leave it, it will rotate,jeep wouldnt have put anything there if they didnt think it would move.

 

JKTXJ

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Boise, ID

• Oct 17, 2005

• #8

I haven't run any in 4 years and have only once had to straighten a coil. I plan to fix it one day but it hasn't been too high on my priority list or caused much sleep loss. As others have said, don't weld it. Since it's not under any sort of load, a self tapper should work fine if you didn't want to drill and tap the hole.