Lots of good ideas coming back on this one. I was thinking of JB Weld or
that putty that turns into "steel". This hole is really bigger than the
screw, so it's not a matter of refresshing the threads.
I did considr the pop rivet idea, I even tried to tap a sleeve from a pop
rivet with little success. Bill Sachse suggested the pop rivets that leave
a threaded nut in stead of teh regular rivet - if I can get a hold of one
of those gizmos it may be ht ebest bet. I can think of several other uses
for it.
If all that fails, I'll go with George's oringinal suggestion of the sleeve.
Thanks everyone for your suggestions.
Bob
>I've used this stuff myself to fix the banjo fitting on the bottom of an
>SU carb. It does work well, but it says not to use it on critical
>components. I'd say that it would probably work for this, but visually
>it's not pretty.
>
>Chris Kantarjiev wrote:
>>
>> Sorry, I didn't pay attention to the beginning of this thread, but let
>> me mention two things:
>>
>> An old "on-the-road" repair for screws/bolts that are backing out
>> from vibration (or wear) is to stuff the hole with steel wool and
>> thread the fastener back in. This works amazingly well. You might
>> substitute bronze wool to avoid corrosion.
>>
>> A modern variant is a Loctite product for thread repair: it's basically
>> a fancy epoxy that you put into the hole. You coat the male portion
>> with a release agent and install. Wait for the epoxy to harden.
>> Remove the male portion, et voila, a repaired hole that will take
>> serious loads (I've seen it used for timing cover bolts, and have heard
>> of someone repairing a bearing surface).
>
>--
>George Richardson
>The Wyvern - '57 TR3, TS15559L - Now on the road!
>http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
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