<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Actually Price there is probably an easier solution.<br>The thread is in a tube which has a thread cut in each end and an unthreaded section between the threads.<br>I would suggest tapping the tube a little deeper and using a longer bolt.<br>Michael S<br>BN1 #174</div></div><div dir="ltr"><hr><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:050.rpl@gmail.com">R. Price Lindsay</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Sent: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">6/02/2015 9:23 a.m.</span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">To: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:richard.ewald@gmail.com">Richard Ewald</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Cc: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">Healey List Healey List</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Re: [Healeys] Stripped Bolt</span><br><br></div>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><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 5, 2015, at 1:29 PM, Richard Ewald <<a href="mailto:richard.ewald@gmail.com">richard.ewald@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">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>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>Rick</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 8:46 AM, R. Price Lindsay <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:050.rpl@gmail.com" target="_blank">050.rpl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"><div style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;">I have stripped a non-essential bolt in the frame and want to replace it on my BJ8. I really don’t want to drill it out, re-tap it and use a larger bolt for visual reasons. I don’t 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><div>
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