Stripped timing bolts

[240hatchsx]

As I was tearing apart my 93 ka24de engine both lower right timing chain bracket bolts stripped out need help sourcing new ones.

[Jabberwocky]

Did you strip the heads of the bolts, mess up the threads on the bolt, or the threads inside the holes?

The bolts should be easy to find. Go to a hardware store, hand them to an employee and tell them you need two new that same size.

If the holes are stripped find a Helicoil kit for that size bolt. I have a Fastenal store inside the shop I work in so I usually go see them for Helicoils.

They're easy to use. You drill the stripped hole oversized (the kit tells you what size), the kit comes with a tap to retap the hole, then you screw in a coiled wire that looks like a spring. Your original bolts will fit the new hole, and the threads are stronger than they were before.

[240hatchsx]

I stripped the Allen key heads out on the top of them