Cross threaded bolt. Opinions?

[DaRKNT]

I went to remove my drivers seat today, in an attempt to take a look at the mounting points for when my rails arrive and I fit my new seat...

Here is what I was greeted with:


sa by j.singh9408, on Flickr

As you can see, this bolt is cross-threaded... basically destroyed. Same story wih one other one. Both these bolts are the ones on the right side - the front and back. As some of you know, I had my seats upholstersa little while after I got my car back... so I think the shop would have done this.

What I have done in the meantime is replace the above bolt with a high tensile counterpart from Burson's... what I'm worried about is that the nut is damaged.

I'm fine with replacing the bolt every time I remove my seat, as long as that's all the problem is, the bolt continuosly getting fucked, I don't want to fuck the nut up more and my seat stal has to come out and go back in aleast twice, possibly a lot more. Will that fuck the nut up?

Can anyone see a fix? And how much will it cost me?

[cartoon]

Cross threaded bolt. Opinions?

Run a tap through the nut and see if that corrects the thread.

[DaRKNT]

What size tap? Same one? Then use new bolts?

[DaRKNT]

Any west side melbournians got a tap/die set I can use?

[sleepingperformance]

Re: Cross threaded bolt. Opinions?

Tap should be a m10 or m12x1.25

[cartoon]

Cross threaded bolt. Opinions?

Just go bunnings and get a tap to suit. I got a tap tool you can borrow

[DaRKNT]

Re: Cross threaded bolt. Opinions?

The manual says it's a 10x1.25 I believe. Where are you located cartoon?

[cartoon]

Cross threaded bolt. Opinions?

My tools are at wallacia mate. I won't be there till next weekend but.

Your other option is to put the tap in a drill, set it to a very low speed, oil the bit and go slow.

Actually considering your fixing a thread you could probably just screw it in my had and use a shifter to slowly feed it in. Sill oil it but.

[DaRKNT]

I'll let you know boss! Thanks muchly for the help.

[Karl]

If you retapping a thread. just chuck it in the cordless! In lower and go slow. i do this all the time. As long as your not starting from scratch. Also make sure you buy the correct one. As there is stages!!!!!!