ok talkin about the actual 5/6th port sleeves here. how the hell do the inserts go in? they obviously cant fit from top down (long rectangular opening down and in) so i would guess they slide in from the rod side right?......but how does the rod come out? screw out? pull out?......does it come out?

 

mmmmmm bump........ comon this is a valid question, not a stupid one either.

 

I don't know, sorry, but I know you need to glue them in with red Loctite or equivalent.

 

I know that and i have some threadlocker rated at 300*F.

 

JB weld?

 

A quick search and you would have found this...

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=193335

JB weld, ummm, NFW!

 

I think I posted that link about the same time you did on the Team FC3S board.

 

i know this....i want to know how to get the inserts into the sleeves

 

bump damnit. comon who has the inserts?

 

The rods in the inserts press out. I am not looking at them currently but if you were to lay the sleeve down on a table with the open port facing up you will press that pin facing you down and out. Then reverse the order to re-press it back in. But make sure that the pin goes in the same direction that it came out (When you look at the pins one end is straight one end has a chamfer on it, they are one directional).

Once the pin is out take your time to clean up all the carbon inside the sleeve. From there the insert is pressed into the sleeve. You can check that other tread they mention above. This gives the whole theory about using a locking liquid/agent to keep the insert in its place. But when I installed them they seemed to be super loose. I have decided to Tig weld them in just to be safe.

It’s early I am super tired let me know if any of that made since.

- Dana

 

Let me spell it out for you. Your trying to install an aftermarket product that has ripped apart three known engines, one at 10,000 ft. The best advise anyone should give you here is call the manufacturer. (Somewhere in the thread it even states that.) If you bought those inserts and did not receive instructions, your yet another person proving the point made in the thread. Don't take a lazy way out and expect this board to be the end all be all. Take the time to do the research and above all use as the manufacturer recommends.

 

Alright, this is how Rob installs them (I brought him some way clean sleeves and he installed them for me). He pressed the rods out. Then took some degreaser (I think it was carb cleaner). He used RED loctite and pressed them into place, he aksed me if I wanted them peened in there, but was told it wasn't really needed, and I declined. Then he pressed the rods back in and was told that this was the hardest part of the install.

 

I know this, i researched this, i have loctite, i will make sure they are secure before installing them. i was being lazy because i know people here had installed them before and i wanted a quick answer, i figured pineapple was closed when i got to the point of installing the inserts. im just checking the board to see if there was an reply i could use (thank you guys) and if there wasnt next thing i was guna call pineapple. im not lazy when it comes to researching options and i consider asking questions here a form of research since i couldnt find a useable answer with the search function.