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Thanks to all. Heli-coil sounds like the way to go. I should have =
stated that the bolt is for a tow hook eye. Sorry if I got some =
scratching their heads!
Price Lindsay
> On Feb 5, 2015, at 1:29 PM, Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com> =
wrote:
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> Any good mechanical thread repair method will result in a stronger =
female thread that the standard hole. The Heli-coil rep used to do a =
demo with a sheet of aluminum and a grade 8 bolt. He would screw the =
bolt in the hole, and strip the threads. He would then install a =
heli-coil and screw the same bolt in and proceed to break the grade 8 =
bolts and the new larger diameter thread of the thread repair was =
stronger than the original bolt.=20
> My advise is get a good thread repair kit (heli-coil, time sert, etc) =
and repair the hole, no need to weld it first.
> Rick
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> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 8:46 AM, R. Price Lindsay <050.rpl@gmail.com =
> I have stripped a non-essential bolt in the frame and want to replace =
it on my BJ8. I really don=E2=80=99t want to drill it out, re-tap it =
and use a larger bolt for visual reasons. I don=E2=80=99t have access =
to a welding machine (probably a good thing). Is there a way to re-fill =
the hole and tap it to the correct size? There could be a lot of stress =
on the bolt.
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> Price Lindsay
> 67 BJ8
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class=3D"">Thanks to all. Heli-coil sounds like the way to go. =
I should have stated that the bolt is for a tow hook eye. =
Sorry if I got some scratching their heads!<br class=3D""><div =
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class=3D"">On Feb 5, 2015, at 1:29 PM, Richard Ewald <<a =
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class=3D"">richard.ewald@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"">Any good mechanical thread repair method will result in a =
stronger female thread that the standard hole. The Heli-coil rep =
used to do a demo with a sheet of aluminum and a grade 8 bolt. He =
would screw the bolt in the hole, and strip the threads. He would =
then install a heli-coil and screw the same bolt in and proceed to break =
the grade 8 bolts and the new larger diameter thread of the thread =
repair was stronger than the original bolt. <div class=3D"">My =
advise is get a good thread repair kit (heli-coil, time sert, etc) and =
repair the hole, no need to weld it first.</div><div =
class=3D"">Rick</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br class=3D""><div =
class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 8:46 AM, R. Price Lindsay =
<span dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><<a href=3D"mailto:050.rpl@gmail.com"; =
target=3D"_blank" class=3D"">050.rpl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br =
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div =
style=3D"word-wrap:break-word" class=3D"">I have stripped a =
non-essential bolt in the frame and want to replace it on my BJ8. =
I really don=E2=80=99t want to drill it out, re-tap it and use a larger =
bolt for visual reasons. I don=E2=80=99t have access to a welding =
machine (probably a good thing). Is there a way to re-fill the =
hole and tap it to the correct size? There could be a lot of =
stress on the bolt.<br class=3D""><div class=3D"">
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Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; =
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text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
word-spacing: 0px;" class=3D""><br class=3D"">Price Lindsay<br =
class=3D"">67 BJ8<br class=3D""><br class=3D""></span>
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