Bolt Stripped on Crank, Need Help Options

[Justin]

I was changing my timing belt today (7AFE) when it happened. The puller I was using (Autozone loaner, go figure) went sideways when I was removing the crank pully. It trashed the threads on the crank and now the bolt won't go back in. The bolt is now also trashed on the threads though. It would feel good going in but would stop and this is what I ended up with. Also, when I removed the bolt I didn't have to even use a socket it just turned right out by hand.

So now I can only come up with one solution. I would have to re-tap the crank. But in order to do that I'm pretty sure I will have to get that wierd washer off of the stock bolt by I guess cutting it. Then, drill it out to the bigger bolt size that I tapped the crank to. Any suggestions or ideas on fixing this?

[lagos]

1st of all, get a new bolt from toyota. chances are the bolt striped before the the crank threads.

if you have a tap set, find the exact size of the old threads and run the tap through them to clean them up . this works 80% of the time when dealing with striped threads.

if that still dosnt work, go to your loacal auto store and buy a heil coil kit.