Phil:
No need to buy a special drill bit. I have a drill bit set that
goes in 1/64" (1/16 through 3/8) and I just use the closest undersize
drill that I have. Aluminum is so soft that the tap will remove any
excess metal for you. What I often find is that if I have pulled the
threads out and need to repair them, the stripped hole is so close to
the correct size that I can simply run the heli-coil tap in without
drilling at all.
Yes, it is ghetto repair work at its finest, no I have not had
any problems with it.
Vance
Vance Navarrette
Cogito Ergo Zoom
I think, therefore I go fast
-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Philip E. Barnes
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 6:23 AM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] trailing arm studs
What is the threading of the holes tapped in the trailing arm to
secure the hub? I can't recall if it's 1/4-20 or 1/4-28. I want to
put in Heli-coils, but I don't want to get the wrong bits.
TIA,
--
Phil Barnes (peb3@cornell.edu)
Keeneyville, PA
'71 TR6 CC61193L (31 year owner)
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