Subject	All seven stripped bolt holes have been successfully
Posted by	Evan_Wright (Ca) on May 11, 2012 at 12:39 PM
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In Reply To	Stripped threads on coil pack mounts... posted by Evan_Wright (Ca) on May 11, 2012 at 02:31 AM
Message	repaired with heli-coils. Thanks for the concerns and suggestions. For future searches: I used a M8 1.25 tread repair kit for both the coil pack mount and balance tube mount holes. The instructions say to first drill out old/damaged threads with 21/64 drill bit. I started with two sizes smaller then that and gradually opened up the hole by stepping up a size at a time. I went very slow because like littleElvis said the aluminum is very soft and the drill bit will want to grab and screw into the hole which if done too fast can break off the boss. Lots of slow forward and reverse of the drill bit. Everything after that is straight forward and simple.
Follow Ups	Stripped threads on coil pack mounts... - Evan_Wright (Ca) 02:31:10 05/11/12 pft, zip tie it! get reel street cred (n/m) - LJZTT 05:03:51 05/11/12 Helicoil (n/m) - MixManMash 08:08:56 05/11/12 2nd (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 08:34:46 05/11/12 3rd'dddd (n/m) - Crazy Greek 08:56:38 05/11/12 4th. once you do a couple of holes, it becomes easy. - Gordo 93TT Daytona 10:05:29 05/11/12 5th (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 10:06:22 05/11/12 Re: Stripped threads on coil pack mounts... - Barry(TN) 08:16:12 05/11/12 This. (n/m) - zgene4 08:23:13 05/11/12 This plenum along with the lower plenum have had the - Evan_Wright (Ca) 08:23:57 05/11/12 eh... helicoil isnt really a bandaid, its an upgrade. (n/m) - Antihero 11:15:56 05/11/12 You need to be more of a problem solver when - Jkova300z 12:24:04 05/11/12 I'd check to see whether there are good threads - zellamay 08:53:35 05/11/12 P.S.: a search will yield various opinions on helicoil, - zellamay 08:56:20 05/11/12 A few of them have 1-2 threads at the bottom...nothing - Evan_Wright (Ca) 09:05:46 05/11/12 For the coil packs, helicoils will be quick, easy, and - black300zx 08:59:53 05/11/12 The coil pack bosses are too small for Time/Keenserts >>> - LitlElvis 09:30:26 05/11/12 I bought it this way and I'd really like to salvage it if - Evan_Wright (Ca) 09:47:59 05/11/12 Re: I bought it this way and I'd really like to salvage it if - ouikikazz 09:50:56 05/11/12 Why not? (n/m) - zellamay 11:06:07 05/11/12 Success!!! - Evan_Wright (Ca) 10:51:12 05/11/12 that looks pretty (n/m) - aliaZ 11:55:20 05/11/12 Thanks. I have a bunch of more pretty pictures but I'm going - Evan_Wright (Ca) 12:31:43 05/11/12 All seven stripped bolt holes have been successfully - Evan_Wright (Ca) 12:39:03 05/11/12 excellent... nice repair (n/m) - vorpalZ 12:57:41 05/11/12 Thanks to the OP for the heads up. I'm polishing a - 1911a1 13:09:45 05/11/12
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