Bolt replacement to petrol forecourt fuel tank lids

Bolt replacement to petrol forecourt fuel tank lids

This set of tank lids must have been serviced many times and the bolt threads have become damaged, We were tasked to remove the old bolts and fit new ones.
Due to the age. damage and corrosion of the old bolts they took a bit of removal, some had to be cut off and drilled out.
We then re-tapped the holes to the next metric size up and ground back to fresh steel for weld prep.
We then inserted new stainless steel bolts and tig welded them to the back to seal them in.

rusted bolt removal

the old bolts were not only damaged they were rusted in…

New bolt head welded into the petrol tank lid

After weld prepping and threading the new bolts in place, the new bolts were tig welded from the back to lock and seal them in position.

new M16 stainless steel bolts fitted to petrol forecourt fuel tank lids

new M16 stainless steel bolts fitted to petrol forecourt fuel tank lids

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