Can you extract a helicoil?
12-15-2005, 09:34 AM
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Can you extract a helicoil?
Stripped the bolts in the head.
Went and bought a set of helicoil,
Yanked the head to begin installing them,
Only to dicover the previous owner
had already done so.
Tried to clean out the threads as best
I could, and then tested a bolt without
the valvecover... still just spins without
getting tighter.
Anyone know how to go about extracting
a helicoil?
Went and bought a set of helicoil,
Yanked the head to begin installing them,
Only to dicover the previous owner
had already done so.
Tried to clean out the threads as best
I could, and then tested a bolt without
the valvecover... still just spins without
getting tighter.
Anyone know how to go about extracting
a helicoil?
12-15-2005, 02:44 PM
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Location: newport news va
Posts: 377
1) drill it
2) retap it
3) insert helicoil
4) be happy
I have been dealing with helicoils a lot lately. I have been replacing about 10,000 30 year old screws with new and better ones (busy work). About 1 out of every 5 brakes off and I have to replace the helicoil.
2) retap it
3) insert helicoil
4) be happy
I have been dealing with helicoils a lot lately. I have been replacing about 10,000 30 year old screws with new and better ones (busy work). About 1 out of every 5 brakes off and I have to replace the helicoil.
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