[Spridgets] Front Shock mount problem - 67 Sprite

[Phil]

Richard. 

Excellent points I will contact Tacoma Screw today!

Phil 

> On Mar 12, 2014, at 9:17 AM, "Richard Ball" <rich_ball at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> You should be able to find a Helicoil set in just about any thread pitch you need.  The idea of the helicoil is to just give you a new set of threads so they aren't meant to be thick.  I take it from your email that you need a 3/8-24 insert.  There is a Tacoma Screw in Portland that should have what you need in stock.
> http://www.tacomascrew.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6121/.f
> 
> It looks like there are several other fastener supply houses near you in Beaverton so they may also have what you need.
> http://yellowpages.aol.com/fasteners-ind-whol/or/beaverton/
> 
> As for building up material by welding for this application I don't have any direct knowledge but it should work.  I'm sure others with more experience can tell you for sure.
> 
> Rich Ball
> Everett, WA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Phil
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 11:35 PM
> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Spridgets] Front Shock mount problem - 67 Sprite
> 
> Good evening!
> 
> 
> 
> I have an occasional pop
> in the front end on my 67
> Sprite that lead me to conclude it was time to
> replace my shocks as they are
> likely as old as the car.  I know from being a long time lurker here
> that
> these needed to come from Peter and so I made that happen.
> 
> 
> 
> As I removed
> the
> passenger side shock, I noticed that the inside hole was rather egg
> shaped.  I went to compare this with the
> driver side and then observed that
> the mounting bolts were different
> sizes.  It appears that someone has
> drilled
> and tapped the frame to a 7/16ths from a 3/8ths and then did
> the same
> modification to the shock to be able to mount the unit again.  Wow.  I
> would
> prefer not to drill out the nicely painted unit from Peter but this must
> not
> be that rare as drilled out units are not valid new cores.  I suppose I could
> send the drilled out one
> back and have it rebuilt and not use the proper one
> but that would still leave
> me with an egg shaped hole.
> 
> 
> 
> I looked thru the
> archives
> and found an exchange between Peter and Mike Gigante about a similar
> problem
> and I think he was planning to use a treaded insert to get back to the
> proper
> size.  I like that idea and would like to
> have someone weld in the gap
> between the insert and the egg part of the hole
> but would really like to know
> if this is likely to work.  I have looked at a helicoil but these seem a
> bit
> thin and dont seem to have the proper thread count.
> 
> 
> 
> Any advice?
> Thanks, Phil
> 
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