Stripped drain THREAD.

[Teezy]

So today I go and drain a friend's 2g spyder transmission and when I got the drain bolt out, out comes what looks like a spring. The actual thread stripped. Got a new bolt and it seems to hold up fine, should I just slap on some thread lock?

 

[DJ Raydiate]

Maybe some teflon tape. I wouldn't use lock tight or anything.

 

[Teezy]

How would you go about using the tape? On the outside? There's an estimated 3 or 4 threads left in there... There are no threads left at the beginning of the bolt hole.

 

[Psawangj90]

Tap and dye. Then just buy a new bolt. But then you would have to clean out the shavings

 

[knochgoon24]

Pull the pan. Drill and tap for the next size up. Or, you can try an oversized drain plug. Most auto parts have them. You'll see it listed as "oversized, OS" or "single oversized, SO" or something like that.

 

[DJ Raydiate]

The Teflon would be better than nothing. Like stated as well, you could tap it to a larger hole and get a new bolt.

 

[miliman13]

Pull the pan. Drill and tap for the next size up. Or, you can try and oversize drain plug. Most auto parts have them. You'll see it listed as "oversized, OS" or "single oversized, SO" or something like that.

if i understood correctly, the bolt it self lost it's thread inside the pan, then you may be able to tap the pan and in doing so remove the metal (threads) that were left behind by the drain bolt.
one things for sure, that pan is coming off,

 

[99gst_racer]

Manual trans or auto?

 

[Phantom DSM]

^^ True what if its a 5 speed he is talking about and not an auto trans pan... Gosh that would suck if its the drain hole on the transmission case, who the hell would strip that 24 mm

 

[Teezy]

It's a 5 speed, I broke the bolt loose with a breaker bar and undid the rest by hand and out comes what looks like a spring, which was actually the thread I did get a new bolt although it wasn't oversized.