| On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Ruffner, James A *HS wrote:
> I'm not so sure that I would trust helicoils for this.  It's been a 
> while since I looked, but I believe that you can weld a nut on the top 
> of the connection point.
I actually tried that - the stripped nut is almost impossible to get to 
inside the shock tower. I'll look again tonite, but I recall having a real 
"b-of-a-time" getting a nut to "stick" with the welder, and I also recall 
that I wound up micro-welding the bolt to the nut and that's not a desired 
outcome. Whatever I do, I have to accomodate getting the motor in/out 
without a lot of fuss.
regards,
rml
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