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October 2003
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Re: Helicoil
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Tue, 15 February 2005 23:42
 
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| fade-e wrote on Tue, 15 February 2005 19:52 |
not trying to be sarcastic but for those that do not know, a helicoil is usually made from alluminium and is used to reduce the bolt size required of a hole.
for example, if you have stuffed the thread of a bolt hole what you do is drill it bigger and re-tap it, then the helicoil is screwed in to the new bigger hole to form a smaller one which is the same as the original, ie, 12mm 1.25pitch hole is damaged, gets drilled to 14mm and re-tapped to 14mm 1.25 pitch, helicoil gets screwed in and the hole is back to a 12mm 1.25 pitch again.
now helicoils are spring like coils, when they are screwed in the expand slightly and the is no way in the world of getting them out without redrilling it again.
alsom they are used when you break a bolt in the hole, instead of trying to get the broken section out you just drill it all and make the hole bigger and repeat the above
river: what you need to do is find out the size and pitch of the knob and also the gear stick and but the relavent helicoil. as for where to get one i couldnt say for sure but try the normal autobarn and stuff but you may be better off asking your mechanic (is you use one) where to get one or to even get one for you
cheers
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I think youll find a heli-coil is made from wrapped stainless steel wire. Aluminium is useless for anything to do with threading, it's too weak.
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river | Tue, 15 February 2005 10:00 |
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berad | Tue, 15 February 2005 10:06 |
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Jayem | Tue, 15 February 2005 10:47 |
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Allan | Tue, 15 February 2005 11:09 |
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STR8 2.8 | Tue, 15 February 2005 11:40 |
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Allan | Tue, 15 February 2005 11:42 |
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fade-e | Tue, 15 February 2005 11:52 |
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Skip | Tue, 15 February 2005 23:42 |
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gabe | Tue, 15 February 2005 12:09 |
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gianttomato | Tue, 15 February 2005 21:21 |
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river | Tue, 15 February 2005 23:40 |
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st184 sillycar | Tue, 15 February 2005 23:48 |
