Radiator petcock stripped

[MNSRT]

Has anyone ever stripped out the coolant drain petcock on their radiator before? Not sure how I managed to do it it as it was easy going coming out and now it won't screw back in.

 

[MNSRT]

I found this thread:

http://www.vtcoa.com/forums/f8/radiator-petcock-help-21727/

It looks like I am stuck in the middle, I have tried pulling back and tightening, pulling back and wiggleing, favoring one side while tightening and nothing. But I would assume the nut is still on there because the petcock itself wont come out of its hole.

 

[ZCx]

hate it when simple jobs turn into a challenge.

maybe call the dodge house or a raditor shop 1st thing in the A of M????

Roe & Stinker are workin on a real nice aluminum raditor:rock::rock::rock:

 

[MNSRT]

hate it when simple jobs turn into a challenge.

maybe call the dodge house or a raditor shop 1st thing in the A of M????

Roe & Stinker are workin on a real nice aluminum raditor:rock::rock::rock:

Tell me about it, I did some searching on the diesel forums as the radiator in our trucks are the same as the ones used in the cummins rams and from what I can see pulling like hell as you tighten it should solve the problem. I'll have to get under there again tomorrow and give it another shot.

 

[JeffBoyette]

Mine was starting to do it when i flushed it. I managed to get it in, and i watched it closely for leaks over the next few days. It didnt leak but man i was glad there wasnt another scheduled maintenance on it for a while!

 

[500H V10]

I had the same issue with mine too. I kept trying and it did finally thread it self back in. I spent about an hour Fighting it though.

 

[yellowfever#154]

Dang, sucks to be the tech's doing this, its kinda hard to meet flat rate when this crap happens. 30 minute coolant changes turns into a 2 hour deal and possible radiator replacement.

 

[moparracing]

Has anyone ever stripped out the coolant drain petcock on their radiator before? Not sure how I managed to do it it as it was easy going coming out and now it won't screw back in.

not likely stripped, just the nut/clip fell off on the inside from turning too many times..... pull the petcock out, the nut is likely loose inside the radiator.

been there/done that myself on my YF....... took a somewhat simple t-stat swap into an all day affair because i had to remove the radiator to get the nut/clip back out...... it just snaps back into place & just a very few turns to tighten/loosen up....

 

[walenator]

Yep happened to me. Put on a pair of mechanics gloves, pulled the the "T" nut real hard and it finally screwed in. Good luck.