Stripped bolt hole Question

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

On 11:44 pm 08/27/06 Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes this is a job for a helicoil, or other similar threaded insert
> (recoil, key-sert, permacoil, etc.) Your best bet is ebay - you can
> get the small kits cheaply.  You'd remove the dizz and anything else
> in the way of getting a drill in there to enlarge the bad hole to
> whatever size they recommend.  Then you tap the hole using the
> special tap in the kit - then thread the insert in. Bingo, done.
>
> Your biggest bitch will be getting straight shot to that hole.
>
> Do they work?  Hell yes.  My cabby had two in the head bolt holes in
> the block.  Racers use them damn near everywhere.  I've put them
> where the exhaust studs screw into the head as a matter of course.
>
> HTH
>
> Le Cheapass
>
OKay then, I'll go on a search. EBay may not be my best bet, the brokerage
is a bitch, and I don't want to drive cross border to get it, we'll see
what FLAPs can do for me. At least it's the front hole, it should be an
easier go than the back one.
Cathy